WP: Russian Intelligence Planned "assassination Attempt" On Orban

To influence the outcome of the election.

Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) suggested staging an assassination attempt on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to improve his result in parliamentary elections in April.

This was reported by The Washington Post citing European intelligence information.

A division of Russia's Foreign Intelligence Service began sounding the alarm last month over a sharp drop in public support for Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to the publication.

An internal report by Russian operatives obtained by the European intelligence service said it was necessary to implement a strategy that could "fundamentally change the entire paradigm of the election campaign" - to organize an "assassination attempt" on Orban.

"Such an incident would shift the perception of the campaign from the rational sphere of socio-economic issues to an emotional one, where state security, stability and protection of the political system would become key themes," the report for the main opera unit said But the cited facts underscore how high the stakes are for Russia in the Hungarian election, the publication writes.

Orban's spokesman Zoltan Kovacs did not respond to a request for comment on the SVR report, Russia's likely interference in the election or the prime minister's relationship with Moscow. And Kremlin spokesman Dmitri Peskov claimed that the data about the report was "disinformation."

In recent weeks, Orban and his Fidesz party have increasingly tried to redirect Hungarians' attention from economic problems to possible external security threats. These include the cutoff of Russian oil supplies through the Druzhba pipeline, which Budapest blames on Ukraine, as well as alleged threats from Kiev against the prime minister.

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