cohesion. hungary is a consistent outlier on many issues from supporting ukraine with weapons and sanctions to welcoming sweden into nato. my guest is hungary s foreign minister peter szijjarto. will hungary pay a price for its defiance? foreign minister peter szijjarto in budapest, welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the welcome to hardtalk. thank you so much for the invitation - so much for the invitation again, i am so much for the invitation again, iam happy so much for the invitation again, i am happy to and. it is again, i am happy to and. it is again, i am happy to and. it is a pleasure again, i am happy to and. it is a pleasure to again, i am happy to and. it is a pleasure to have again, i am happy to and. it is a pleasure to have you - again, i am happy to and. it is a pleasure to have you back and do szijjarto. let me start with simple questions to be a terrible war has been raging in ukraine for more than
intrigue in this story. we are talking about the leader of a mercenary group that has undertaken some of the most brutal fighting in ukraine. notably around the eastern city of bakhmut. 0ne ukraine. notably around the eastern city of bakhmut. one of the many ways out for ukraine in this war as the country sees it is a collapse of the country sees it is a collapse of the regime in russia where vladimir putin is somehow toppled. now hopes temporarily really were raised in june at the sight of yevgeny prigozhin making his way away from the ukrainian front line towards moscow before thinking better of it. and so many here see that is the beginning of the end for vladimir putin and his inc. increasingly fragile and frustrations with the war, the huge losses russia is suffering along with the ukraine, along with the more recent status
interview about accept. we have spoken in this interview about the accept. we have spoken in this interview about the fallout i interview about the fallout from the russian invasion of ukraine, economic, military, diplomatic. 0ne ukraine, economic, military, diplomatic. one of the fallouts for you right now is an increasingly toxic relationship with the united states stop the us s later sanctions package aimed at vladimir putin actually ended up also sanctioning a bank taste in budapest which is minority owned by hungarian shareholders and run by hungarians including one individual who has been now sanctioned by the united states. in the us ambassador in your country said, quote: we have deep concerns about the continuing eagerness of hungarian leaders to expand and deepen ties with the russian federation. are you going to listen to the united states and cut those ties with russia? first of all we consider the united states a friend and ally