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The Guardian - UK
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Viktor Orbán visits Vladimir Putin to condemnation from fellow EU leaders

Vladimir Putin (right) greets Viktor Orbán at the Kremlin
Vladimir Putin (right) greets Viktor Orbán at the Kremlin. Photograph: Valeriy Sharifulin/Sputnik/Kremlin/EPA

Viktor Orbán, Europe’s most pro-Russian leader, met Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin on Friday on a rare trip to Russia that drew strong condemnation from other European leaders.

Orbán’s visit to Moscow came days after he made a similar unannounced trip to Kyiv, as the Hungarian prime minister attempts to position himself as a peace broker between Russia and Ukraine.

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