S8 Ep568: 12. SEG 12: Ivana Stradner outlines strategies to counter Russian influence in Hungary, including exposing Orbán's corruption and ties to China. She argues that information is a potent, invisible weapon used to polarize and weaken the West. (12)V
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John Batchelor
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🗓️ 12 March 2026
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12. SEG 12: Ivana Stradner outlines strategies to counter Russian influence in Hungary, including exposing Orbán's corruption and ties to China. She argues that information is a potent, invisible weapon used to polarize and weaken the West. (12)
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| 0:29.9 | Today. I'm John Batchel with Ivana Stradner of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy, |
| 0:50.4 | who is my guide on how information warfare influence seeking the media and also advertising |
| 0:59.3 | works to the to the advance of the Russian Federation in the contest in Ukraine and throughout |
| 1:08.9 | Europe and certainly directing its attention on the election in Hungary |
| 1:14.7 | is important because Hungary is one of the three states, two states, in the EU and NATO, |
| 1:20.4 | that right now is objecting to supporting Ukraine. |
| 1:25.2 | Ivana, the GRU officers at the Russian embassy in Budapest. |
| 1:30.7 | How do they work? |
| 1:31.7 | What is it that they can do with television, with social media, with advertising? |
| 1:37.4 | Okay, so on one side, we do already know the Russian script, |
| 1:41.0 | how they're weaponizing information through social media, social media |
| 1:45.3 | influencers, cyber attacks, journalists, filling the blank. So we already know how the Kremlin |
| 1:53.5 | works. But you know, John, you're absolutely right. We have to stop admiring problems. We have to |
| 1:59.9 | find a solution. And the solution is actually |
| 2:03.0 | to put Russia on the defensive. Number one, I think exposing Russian intelligence apparatus |
| 2:10.4 | when it comes to this. And Russian tactics is a step in the right direction. Second thing, |
| 2:15.9 | we really have to explain to the population how |
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