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Hungary's next PM would pick up if Putin calls and tell him to stop Ukraine war

Hungary's next PM would pick up if Putin calls and tell him to stop Ukraine war

Russia has offered "pragmatic" relations, but Péter Magyar says he will not call Vladimir Putin himself.

April 13, 2026 at 09:28 PM Original source
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Notable Quotes

"If Vladimir Putin calls I'll pick up the phone."

— Péter Magyar , Politician

"Hungary has chosen Europe."

— Viktor Orbán , Politician

"my voters had rewritten Hungarian history."

— Péter Magyar , Politician

"painful election result"

— Viktor Orbán , Politician

"If Vladimir Putin calls I'll pick up the phone."

— Péter Magyar , Politician

"Hungary has chosen Europe."

— Péter Magyar , Politician

"Today we won because the Hungarian people didn't ask what their country could do for them, but what they could do for their country."

— Péter Magyar , Politician

"If you think about the kind of political headwinds that … Magyar had to sail against, such as the funding asymmetry that his party had against the state apparatus of Orbán, media access, the novelty of the party — I mean, he built up a whole machine at extreme levels of professionality in two years."

— Abel Bojar , Academic

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BBC Newsvia rss 2 quotes 2 persons

Russia has offered "pragmatic" relations, but Péter Magyar says he will not call Vladimir Putin himself.

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Hungarian election victor Magyar says he'd speak with Putin and ask him to end the war in Ukraine
Associated Pressvia ai 2 quotes 2 persons

Péter Magyar, Hungary's newly elected prime minister, stated he would speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin to advocate for ending the war in Ukraine, though he doubted his influence would lead to an immediate ceasefire.

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Hungary's next PM would pick up if Putin calls and tell him to stop Ukraine war
Yahoo! Newsvia ai 2 quotes 1 person

Péter Magyar, Hungary's new prime minister, expressed willingness to speak with Russian President Vladimir Putin to urge an end to the war in Ukraine, despite skepticism about influencing the conflict's outcome.

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