Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has convened an emergency meeting of the National Defence Council after explosives were found near a pipeline that transports Russian gas to Hungary.
The discovery in a border area of neighbouring Serbia comes as Orban's party is badly trailing in opinion polls ahead of crucial elections next Sunday.
Opposition leader Peter Magyar accused him of "panic-mongering" orchestrated by "Russian advisers", days after security experts warned of a possible "false flag" operation that could be blamed on Ukraine.
Orban, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has resisted EU calls to abandon Russian energy imports since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Hungary's Viktor Orban alleges plot to blow up gas pipeline ahead of election
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj60x206dx1o
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genfood@feddit.org · 22 pts · 151d
I guess he had to skip the election, there is no other easy to protect his country, too bad.
Shipgirlboy@sh.itjust.works · 8 pts · 150d
I guess after the fake-assassination-attempt plot got leaked they're trying a new Reichstagsbrand story. I just hope not too many will fall for that.