Zitat:“Orban has been one of Russia’s best assets,” one of the Western officials said. “It is hard to imagine that the Russians would not be standing ready to assist if things go sideways.”
For years, the Orban government has provided Moscow with a vital window into sensitive discussions in the E.U. both through the physical access of its allies in the Hungarian government and through Russian hackers’ penetration of the computer networks of Hungary’s Foreign Ministry, said several current and former European security officials, including Ferenc Fresz, the former head of Hungary’s Cyber Defense Service who spoke about the Russian hacks.

Zitat:Szijjarto, the foreign minister, made regular phone calls during breaks at E.U. meetings to provide his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov, with “live reports on what’s been discussed” and possible solutions, one of the European security officials said.