Defiant Orban Doubles Down on Russia Policy, Arch-Conservativism
Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, center right, at the 'family' photo during the NATO summit at in Madrid, Spain, on June 29.
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The West should stop arming Ukraine and work for a peace settlement instead, Hungary’s prime minister told his supporters on Saturday.
Viktor Orban doubled down on positions that have brought him into conflict with the European Union, the US and even his former political allies in Poland. He said the West’s strategy in Ukraine -- including economic sanctions on Russia and the provision of military aid -- has failed.