Overview
- The Washington Post, citing a European intelligence service, reports an internal SVR document proposing a fabricated attempt on Viktor Orbán’s life ahead of the April vote.
- The document attributed to the SVR’s Active Measures unit argues such an incident would shift the campaign toward state security and regime stability.
- The report says SVR officials had flagged a drop in Orbán’s support, but no physical attack has occurred and Orbán’s spokesman did not comment.
- The Kremlin rejected the account, with Dmitry Peskov calling it disinformation.
- Hungary recently barred three Ukrainian citizens from the Schengen area over alleged threats, and earlier VSquare reported embassy-based Russian strategists and a March 5 provocation plan targeting Ukrainian assets.