Hungary Says Soros Spy Report Shows Election Interference Risk

  • Financier cites Hungarian graft, suppression of opposition
  • Premier Orban warns on Soros interference in 2018 election
Soros in Hungary.Photographer: Akos Stiller
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Hungary’s intelligence services completed a report on the "network" run by George Soros, backing up the claim that the financier is trying to interfere in next year’s elections, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said.

In an interview with state-run Kossuth radio Friday, Orban reiterated accusations that Soros was bent on undermining Hungary by helping to flood it with Muslim migrants. Soros denied these claims, saying that Orban is lying and setting up a "mafia state" designed for its leaders’ personal enrichment. He said the government was more oppressive than the country’s communist-era regime during Hungary’s Soviet occupation.