Hungary's Orban and ally Putin cement closer ties
Peter Murphy & Maria Pania
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Putin & Viktor |
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Hungarian Prime
Minister Viktor Orban cemented closer ties at talks Thursday, amid growing EU
rifts over sanctions against Moscow because of its meddling in Ukraine. The Budapest meeting with the right-wing Orban -- who
wants the European Union to lift its punitive measures -- was Putin's first
visit to a bloc member since the shock election of US President Donald Trump in
November.