Full text of the English translation of my interview on the Hungarian independent news site Telex on the meeting between Trump and Putin:

open.substack.com/pub/peterbud...

The success of this idea would mean the victory of Russia’s strategy. It is not because it would result in the creation of a new international order led by Moscow, but precisely because, according to Russian calculations, it would prevent the current international order from functioning.

Pope Francis, May 3, 2022:
"Orbán, when I met with him, said that the Russians have a plan, and that everything will be over by May 9 [2022]."

We can only hope, then, that the recent attack on Transcarpathia, which is also inhabited by Hungarians, was not intended by Putin to justify assigning a prominent role to this Trojan horse at the negotiating table. 3/3

as evidenced by its leaders' one-sided declarations attacking Ukrainian and Western deterrence in the name of 'peace'. Therefore, including Orban in the negotiations, or raising his profile by holding a high-level meeting in Hungary, would be playing into Russia's hands. 2/3