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You might not have been thinking much about Hungary's upcoming parliamentary elections,
but you 're probably about to hear a whole lot about them.
After 16 years as Prime Minister, Viktor Orban,
the man who wrote the European populist playbook, is facing what could be his most dangerous challenge yet.
The Americans, the EU and the Russians, they're all looking on with huge interest.
Hello?
Hello, Sergei, this is Peter speaking.
Yes, Peter, are you in St. Petersburg?
Where are you?
I landed in Budapest already.
In this leaked phone call released by a group of investigative reporters in Europe on Tuesday,
Orbán's foreign minister, Peter Siato, is heard chatting with his Russian counterpart, Sergei Lavrov.
Nice way to put it.
And fair, and fair.
And fair, and fair.
The two sound close.
There's a suggestion that the Hungarian is prepared to help Russia out.
Inside the EU.
Sayato says there's nothing unusual in any of this and that his phone's been illegally wiretapped.