Szabolcs Panyi

1956: Hungary's communist leaders phone Moscow for help

2026: Hungary's postcommunist leaders phone Moscow for help

🗳️🇭🇺Maybe only interesting to Hungary watchers, but the April 12 election will already be historic in one way: neither the former ruling Hungarian Socialist Party (MSZP), heir to the communist-era state party, nor the once far-right Jobbik will be on the ballot. Former PM Ferenc Gyurcsány is out, too.

Did Slovakia's Defense Ministry Bankroll Czechoslovak Group's Stock Market Debut? - VSquare.org Since Robert Fico's fourth government took office, the Ministry of Defense has signed contracts worth over €60 billion with the Czechoslovak Group (CSG), Czech businessman Michal Strnad’s arms empire.

Robert Fico's Defense Ministry signed €60B+ in contracts with Czech arms tycoon Michal Strnad's Czechoslovak Group — deals critics say may amount to stock market manipulation ahead of the company's IPO.

”The situation is tense” – How Orbán has tried overcome Fidesz’s internal crisis - Direkt36 Fidesz underestimated opposition leader Péter Magyar so much that they realized too late that he posed a real threat to them. Direkt36 reveals how Viktor Orbán launched his spring offensive against Magyar and how this caused tensions within the government.

🇭🇺 EXCLUSIVE: An in-depth look at how Viktor Orbán and Fidesz underestimated Péter Magyar until it was too late. Direkt36 reveals how Orbán’s spring offensive against him backfired—fueling internal tensions and exposing cracks inside the government.

Putin's GRU-linked Election Fixers Are Already in Budapest to Help Orbán - VSquare.org Moscow has dispatched a team to Budapest to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 parliamentary elections, VSquare has learned from multiple European national security sources. The operation, overseen by ...

💥Moscow has sent a task team to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 elections, @vsquare.bsky.social has learned from multiple European national security sources. The US has also shared intelligence with allies on the GRU-linked task force overseen by Sergei Kiriyenko. vsquare.org/putins-gru-l...

Putin's GRU-linked Election Fixers Are Already in Budapest to Help Orbán - VSquare.org Moscow has dispatched a team to Budapest to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 parliamentary elections, VSquare has learned from multiple European national security sources. The operation, overseen by ...

💥Moscow has sent a task team to interfere in Hungary's April 2026 elections, @vsquare.bsky.social has learned from multiple European national security sources. The US has also shared intelligence with allies on the GRU-linked task force overseen by Sergei Kiriyenko. vsquare.org/putins-gru-l...

💥SCOOP: Putin tasked Sergei Kiriyenko to run a Moldova-style election meddling operation in Hungary for Orbán, sending three GRU-linked political technologists with diplomatic or service passports to operate from the Russian Embassy in Budapest. More in my newsletter: vsquare.org/goulash-krem...

"The Kremlin is Very Worried" – Interview with Estonian Foreign Intelligence's Top Analyst - VSquare.org If at one moment Russian people have to choose between the television and the refrigerator, the refrigerator will win. If there is nothing left in the refrigerator, people might suddenly come to the streets and that is the end of this regime.

💥 "The hope is that if at one moment Russian people have to choose between the television and the refrigerator, the refrigerator will win." Read this great interview with Estonian Foreign Intelligence (EFIS) top analyst Andres Vosman.

When Your Clone Calls: How AI Voice Fraud Became a Billion-Dollar Industry - VSquare.org They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person. Investigace.cz maps how a new era of fraud works.

🤖💰 They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person.

Szabolcs Panyi is doing investigative journalism & holding power to account - Buymeacoffee Szia! 👋I’m a Budapest-based investigative journalist dedicated to uncovering corruption, abuse of power, and Russian and Chinese espionage and influence operations in Central Europe. I also work

☕💡From espionage cases to Russian influence, abuse of power and corruption, my investigations focusing on Central Europe rely on your support. If you want to strengthen this work, here’s the link:

How Romanians Helped Conservative Brothers in Poland Win Elections - VSquare.org We go behind the scenes of the “MEGA” movement and reveal European Trumpists between Bucharest and Warsaw.

💥INVESTIGATION: Romania’s pro-Russian far-right leader George Simion may have lost at home, but his online campaign machine gave foreign help to Karol Nawrocki in Poland — and is now powering Law and Justice’s populist comeback bid.

"…And Most Importantly, Friend": Jeffrey Epstein's Encounters with Miroslav Lajčák - VSquare.org At least 25 personal meetings in the United States and Europe took place between Slovak diplomat and politician Miroslav Lajčák and Jeffrey Epstein.

⚡️The Epstein Files reveal intense, long-term contact, including at least 25 meetings between Slovak PM Robert Fico’s confidant and adviser Miroslav Lajčák and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—some held at Epstein’s private homes.

Evolution of Viktor Orbán's government propaganda:

2017: “Let’s not let Soros have the last laugh!”

2026: “Let’s not let Zelensky have the last laugh!”

By the way, can anyone guess the common feature that makes both such convenient scapegoats for a far-right government?

Evolution of Viktor Orbán's government propaganda:

2017: “Let’s not let Soros have the last laugh!”

2026: “Let’s not let Zelensky have the last laugh!”

By the way, can anyone guess the common feature that makes both such convenient scapegoats for a far-right government?

Prostitution and Drug Abuse: How Hungary Is Failing Children in State Care - VSquare.org Children in Hungarian care homes are targeted by criminal networks, with pimps effectively embedding themselves within the child-protection system.

💥INVESTIGATION: In Viktor Orbán's Hungary, children in care homes are targeted by criminal networks, with pimps effectively embedding themselves within the child-protection system. Those working in the sector say they are powerless to stop the abuse.

A Russian Esoteric Sect Goes West—with a Putinist Running Its Hub in Poland - VSquare.org The Russian sect known as the Anastasians promotes an anti-democratic, patriarchal ideology. For several years, its colonies have been quietly emerging across Poland.

🔎🇷🇺 NEW INVESTIGATION: A Russian sect is quietly spreading across Europe, promoting an anti-democratic, antisemitic and patriarchal ideology personally backed by Vladimir Putin. In Poland, its leader pushes pro-Kremlin propaganda. @VSquare_Project

💥🇭🇺 Opposition leader Péter Magyar leads Viktor Orbán 66–34% on Polymarket. After media reported heavy betting on Orbán’s fall, the site was banned in Hungary for unauthorized gambling. I’ll share insights on Orbán’s failing campaign in my newsletter on Thursday.

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”The situation is tense” – How Orbán has tried overcome Fidesz’s internal crisis - Direkt36 Fidesz underestimated opposition leader Péter Magyar so much that they realized too late that he posed a real threat to them. Direkt36 reveals how Viktor Orbán launched his spring offensive against Magyar and how this caused tensions within the government.

🇭🇺 EXCLUSIVE: An in-depth look at how Viktor Orbán and Fidesz underestimated Péter Magyar until it was too late. Direkt36 reveals how Orbán’s spring offensive against him backfired—fueling internal tensions and exposing cracks inside the government.

"…And Most Importantly, Friend": Jeffrey Epstein's Encounters with Miroslav Lajčák - VSquare.org At least 25 personal meetings in the United States and Europe took place between Slovak diplomat and politician Miroslav Lajčák and Jeffrey Epstein.

Jeffrey Epstein had at least 25 meetings with Miroslav Lajčák, Slovakia’s then–foreign minister, who later stepped down as PM Robert Fico’s adviser. Yet Lajčák remains a board member of the Hungarian MOL Group-owned Slovnaft oil company. For how long?

Szabolcs Panyi is doing investigative journalism & holding power to account - Buymeacoffee Szia! 👋I’m a Budapest-based investigative journalist dedicated to uncovering corruption, abuse of power, and Russian and Chinese espionage and influence operations in Central Europe. I also work

☕💡From espionage cases to Russian influence, abuse of power and corruption, my investigations focusing on Central Europe rely on your support. If you want to strengthen this work, here’s the link:

"We Know that the Kremlin is Very Worried" – Interview with Estonian Foreign Intelligence's Top Analyst - VSquare.org If at one moment Russian people have to choose between the television and the refrigerator, the refrigerator will win. If there is nothing left in the refrigerator, people might suddenly come to the streets and that is the end of this regime.

💥 "The hope is that if at one moment Russian people have to choose between the television and the refrigerator, the refrigerator will win." Read this great interview with Estonian Foreign Intelligence (EFIS) top analyst Andres Vosman.

"…And Most Importantly, Friend": Jeffrey Epstein's Encounters with Miroslav Lajčák - VSquare.org At least 25 personal meetings in the United States and Europe took place between Slovak diplomat and politician Miroslav Lajčák and Jeffrey Epstein.

⚡️The Epstein Files reveal intense, long-term contact, including at least 25 meetings between Slovak PM Robert Fico’s confidant and adviser Miroslav Lajčák and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein—some held at Epstein’s private homes.

💥Trying to lift falling poll numbers, Viktor Orbán is staging a confrontation with Ukraine, sending a video message to Zelensky hoping Kyiv escalates. Note: Russia—not Ukraine—bombed the Druzhba oil pipeline and Orbán sent no similar warning to Moscow.

💥Here’s Viktor Orbán’s full statement on national security services warning of possible Ukrainian “attacks” on Hungary’s energy infrastructure — and his order to deploy the military.

Critics fear it could serve as a pretext for extraordinary and undemocratic measures before the April 12 election.

💥BREAKING: Viktor Orbán ordered the military deployed to guard “key energy facilities,” citing a possible Ukrainian “attack” to disrupt Hungary’s energy system. The move fuels fears of a staged national security emergency or false-flag incident ahead of the April 12 elections. This is really scary.

When Your Clone Calls: How AI Voice Fraud Became a Billion-Dollar Industry - VSquare.org They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person. Investigace.cz maps how a new era of fraud works.

🤖💰 They exploit fears about loved ones and concerns about superiors. And they have artificial intelligence at their disposal. With AI’s help, fraudsters can simulate the voice or appearance of any person.

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💥Here’s Viktor Orbán’s full statement on national security services warning of possible Ukrainian “attacks” on Hungary’s energy infrastructure — and his order to deploy the military.

Critics fear it could serve as a pretext for extraordinary and undemocratic measures before the April 12 election.

Hungarian analysts and several EU diplomats in Budapest fear Orbán may be triggering a long-rumored worst-case scenario: using a fabricated national security threat to crack down on the opposition or even cancel the election. This military deployment puts that scenario into play.

💥BREAKING: Viktor Orbán ordered the military deployed to guard “key energy facilities,” citing a possible Ukrainian “attack” to disrupt Hungary’s energy system. The move fuels fears of a staged national security emergency or false-flag incident ahead of the April 12 elections. This is really scary.