This is John Batchel, conversation with Ivana Stradner of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracy,

writing about the election in Hungary, how Victor Orban in power for 16 years as Prime Minister,

traveled to Moscow, and according to reports that Ivana passes on, told Vladimir Putin he was at your service.

This man has manipulated his status for years. Ivana begins to address how successfully he was. Here's Ivana Stradner

on Victor Orban defeated for the moment, but a manipulator, a magic manipulator, as will be evidence in the report

tonight. More of this later. So I don't know if he had personally anyone, you know, to teach him

because he's a politician veteran. He has been in politics for a very long time. And you

taught me something very important last time

that Orban, you reminded me in 1989, was the one who told the Russians out of Hungary. And this

time he's telling the Russians, basically, we are your friends. So Orban understands just like

Putin very well the power of media. And that's exactly, you know, how he's been, how he has been leading efforts there. But I have to admit, you know, Russia also help him a lot because there are numerous reports that Russia actually used influence operations for the elections. There were reports that Russia was trying to conduct like an assassination attempt to boost the narratives.

And on top of that, you have also multiple reports that Orban reportedly told Vladimir Putin, I'm at your service.