Szabolcs Panyi
🔎Journalist investigating Central Europe at @direkt36 @VSquare_Project ✉️ [email protected] Support my work: ☕️ https://t.co/KaWRut2EiN
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3 days ago |
vsquare.org | Szabolcs Panyi
Szabolcs Panyi, Nikita Hava (VSquare) Tomáš Madleňák (ICJK) Photo: Kremlin.ru 2025-06-25 The “James Bond-like” Russian Duma politician Leonid Slutsky and his Russian Peace Foundation helped arrange the Moscow visit of David Lindtner, a close ally to and advisor of Robert Fico, our investigation has found. Slutsky and his foundation have close ties to the GRU—and routinely pass information about their guests to the agency’s European espionage department.
Goulash: Orbán Propagandist with GRU Ties and Black Cube in Hungary; Babiš and Czech River Poisoning
2 weeks ago |
vsquare.org | Szabolcs Panyi
Ahoy from Prague! After a short break, I’m back at the stove and serving up a fresh batch of Goulash straight from the Globsec Forum, where I’ve been following the latest in Central European security and foreign policy. My colleagues kept the pot warm, and now I’ve returned with a simmering mix of new scoops and investigations.
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2 weeks ago |
vsquare.org | Szabolcs Panyi
Szabolcs Panyi (Direkt36, VSquare) Photo: Georg Spöttle's Facebook page 2025-06-12 A German-Hungarian pro-Orbán media figure who frequently appears in government-aligned outlets and once ran as a Fidesz candidate, Georg Spöttle, is now at the center of a national security controversy. One of his close acquaintances failed a security screening due to Spöttle’s ties to Russian intelligence.
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2 weeks ago |
direkt36.hu | Szabolcs Panyi
In the second half of 2024, a person applying to become a diplomat failed their national security screening. The applicant had enrolled in the diplomatic training program of the Hungarian Diplomatic Academy, which operates under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (KKM), hoping it would lead to a future diplomatic post.
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1 month ago |
direkt36.hu | Szabolcs Panyi
On October 25, 2022, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visited Riyadh, where he held a private one-on-one meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, also known as MBS. One of the most powerful leaders in the world and the Middle East, MBS had officially become Saudi Arabia’s prime minister just a month earlier, on September 27, 2022. This could have been a major diplomatic win for Hungary, showcasing how quickly MBS granted Orbán an official meeting.
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