Investigative news outlets release leaked phone callsHungarian minister offers to send Russia document in one callHungary's foreign minister offered to send his Russian counterpart a document about Ukraine's European Union accession, leaked recordings purported to show on Wednesday, in the latest indication of Budapest's warm relations with Moscow. Hungary's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto has previously said wiretapping of his phone calls was a "huge scandal" and Orban has ordered an investigation into it. It's not a problem," Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says in one conversation, after Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov says Moscow is trying to get a document about the role of minority languages in Ukraine's EU accession talks. It was not clear what the document in question was and whether it was available in the public domain. VSquare, which is based in Warsaw, released audio of another call between Szijjarto and Lavrov in March.

Source: Irish Independent April 09, 2026 04:57 UTC