Viktor Orbán told Putin ‘I am at your service’ in October phonecall

Transcript reportedly details Hungarian leader offering whatever assistance he can to his Russian counterpart

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Hungary’s Viktor Orbán offered to go to great lengths to help Vladimir Putin, telling the Russian leader “I am at your service” in an October call, it has emerged, prompting further scrutiny of Budapest’s ties to the Kremlin just as JD Vance arrived in the city.

Air Force Two landed in Budapest on Tuesday morning, carrying the US vice-president and his wife, Usha Vance, as Hungary reaches the final, heated days of a hard-fought election campaign that has played out against a backdrop of scandals regarding the relationship between Budapest and Moscow.