Elections in hungry on sunday will test whether orban s 12-year run will go another four years and his relationship with putin is suddenly at the center of hungarian politics. reporter: what began as a campaign focused on local issues now has opposition leaders determined to link orban with putin and his bloody war in ukraine. with political attack ads painting orban as moscow s puppet a strongman leader determined to side with authoritarian russia instead of the democratic west this ad saying, we want hungary to be a western country again. if you re voting for orban you re voting for putin. tell your friend in 12 years, don t kill. orban supported moscow over the years and expanding the russian/hungarian partnership. very important building block of this entire political
A very long table. national elections in hungary on sunday will test whether orban s 12-year run as prime minister will go another four years. his relationship with putin is suddenly at the center of hungarian politics. what began as a campaign focused on local issues now has opposition leaders determined to link orban with putin and his bloody war in ukraine. with political attack ads painting orban as moscow s puppet, a strongman leader determined to side with authoritarian russia instead of the democratic west. this ad saying, quote, we want hungary to be a western country again. if you re voting for orban, you re voting for putin. or this one saying, quote, orban, tell your friend of 12 years, don t kill. orban has undeniably supported putin over the years, expanding the russian/hungarian
What began as a campaign focused on local issues, now has opposition leaders determined to link orban with putin and his bloody war in ukraine. with political attack ads painting orban as moscow s puppet, a strongman leader determined to side with authoritarian russia, instead of the democratic west. this ad saying, quote, we want hungary to be a western country again. if you are voting for orban, you re voting for putin. or this one, saying, quote, orban, tell your friend of 12 years don t kill. orban has undeniably supported putin, vetoing sanctions against moscow over the years, and expanding the russian-hungarian partnership. for russian policies of viktor orban, which are a very important building block of his entire political vision are now exposed. reporter: and with putin s popularity plummeting, the opposition calculus is simple. orban plus putin equals a winning political strategy.