{"id":1379127,"date":"2026-04-07T13:34:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/orban-called-himself-a-mouse-who-will-help-putin-the-lion\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T13:34:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T10:34:01","slug":"orban-called-himself-a-mouse-who-will-help-putin-the-lion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/orban-called-himself-a-mouse-who-will-help-putin-the-lion\/","title":{"rendered":"Orban called himself a \u201cmouse\u201d who will help Putin, the \u201clion\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a phone call in October that he was ready to make “maximum efforts” to help him.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This is reported<\/a> by Bloomberg, citing a transcript of the conversation.<\/p>\n

According to the agency, Orban, in particular, offered to help “settle” the war against Ukraine and even organize a summit in Budapest.<\/p>\n

“I am ready to help in any way. In any matter where I can be useful, I am at your service,” he said during the conversation.<\/p>\n

During the dialogue, the Hungarian prime minister also mentioned Aesop’s fable of the lion and the mouse \u2014 a story about mutual assistance, which, according to the transcript, made Putin laugh.<\/p>\n

The conversation took place on October 17 and lasted for a short time. Much of it was spent exchanging compliments and speaking positively about Donald Trump. The day before, both had also spoken with him about a possible summit in Budapest, but it never took place.<\/p>\n

Orban noted that their relationship with Putin has been strengthening since 2009, when they met in St. Petersburg.<\/p>\n

“The more friends we make, the more opportunities we have to confront our adversaries,” the Hungarian Prime Minister said.<\/p>\n

For his part, Putin expressed satisfaction with Hungary’s position on the war against Ukraine, calling it “independent and flexible.”<\/p>\n

At the same time, as Bloomberg notes, this conversation may indicate that a policy of supporting Russia is being formed at the highest level of the Hungarian government.<\/p>\n

As reported, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that the only way to overcome the energy crisis in Europe is to lift sanctions on Russia.<\/a><\/p>\n

By the way, journalists have releasedaudio recordings and transcripts of conversations between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.<\/a><\/p>\n

Also follow \u201cPryamim\u201d<\/strong> on Facebook<\/a> , X<\/a> , Telegram<\/a> , and Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban told Russian leader Vladimir Putin in a phone call in October that he was ready to make “maximum efforts” to help him. This is reported by Bloomberg, citing a transcript of the conversation. According to the agency, Orban, in particular, offered to help “settle” the war against Ukraine and even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":59,"featured_media":1379083,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76871,76872,76885],"class_list":["post-1379127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-policy"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/59"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1379127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1379127\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1379083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1379127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1379127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}