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Weronika Wakulska

Hungarian minister shared EU confidential information with Russia for years, report claims

Hungary's foreign minister Péter Szijjártó has for years informed Moscow of confidential information discussed at European Union meetings, according to an investigation by the Washington Post citing a European officinal.

Szijjártó would call his Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov during breaks at EU meetings to brief the Russian foreign minister on what's been discussed among EU leaders, the report said, suggesting possible courses of action for Russian authorities.

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