Thirty-two years ago, an outspoken young Hungarian activist used a simple slogan to gain fame and launch an unparalleled rise in national politics: “Russians, go home!”
Over the last week, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban’s political opponents used his own slogan against him, chanting it at demonstrations against Russia’s war on Ukraine to highlight his cosy ties to the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin ahead of general elections just a month away.
