Balazs Orban, a top advisor to Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, attends the first working day of the autumn session of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest on September 30, 2024. Balazs Orban drew criticism on September 26, 2024 after suggesting the central European country would not have defended itself against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has. Viktor Orban is the only EU leader to have maintained close ties with the Kremlin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. His government has refused to send weapons to Kyiv. Balazs Orban, the premier's political director, said that Hungary had learned to be "cautious" following its anti-Soviet uprising in 1956, which Moscow crushed with overwhelming military force. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Balazs Orban, a top advisor to Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, attends the first working day of the autumn session of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest on September 30, 2024. Balazs Orban drew criticism on September 26, 2024 after suggesting the central European country would not have defended itself against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has. Viktor Orban is the only EU leader to have maintained close ties with the Kremlin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. His government has refused to send weapons to Kyiv. Balazs Orban, the premier's political director, said that Hungary had learned to be "cautious" following its anti-Soviet uprising in 1956, which Moscow crushed with overwhelming military force. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Balazs Orban, a top advisor to Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, attends the first working day of the autumn session of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest on September 30, 2024. Balazs Orban drew criticism on September 26, 2024 after suggesting the central European country would not have defended itself against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has. Viktor Orban is the only EU leader to have maintained close ties with the Kremlin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. His government has refused to send weapons to Kyiv. Balazs Orban, the premier's political director, said that Hungary had learned to be "cautious" following its anti-Soviet uprising in 1956, which Moscow crushed with overwhelming military force. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Balazs Orban, a top advisor to Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, attends the first working day of the autumn session of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest on September 30, 2024. Balazs Orban drew criticism on September 26, 2024 after suggesting the central European country would not have defended itself against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has. Viktor Orban is the only EU leader to have maintained close ties with the Kremlin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. His government has refused to send weapons to Kyiv. Balazs Orban, the premier's political director, said that Hungary had learned to be "cautious" following its anti-Soviet uprising in 1956, which Moscow crushed with overwhelming military force. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Balazs Orban, a top advisor to Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, attends the first working day of the autumn session of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest on September 30, 2024. Balazs Orban drew criticism on September 26, 2024 after suggesting the central European country would not have defended itself against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has. Viktor Orban is the only EU leader to have maintained close ties with the Kremlin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. His government has refused to send weapons to Kyiv. Balazs Orban, the premier's political director, said that Hungary had learned to be "cautious" following its anti-Soviet uprising in 1956, which Moscow crushed with overwhelming military force. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Balazs Orban, a top advisor to Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, attends the first working day of the autumn session of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest on September 30, 2024. Balazs Orban drew criticism on September 26, 2024 after suggesting the central European country would not have defended itself against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has. Viktor Orban is the only EU leader to have maintained close ties with the Kremlin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. His government has refused to send weapons to Kyiv. Balazs Orban, the premier's political director, said that Hungary had learned to be "cautious" following its anti-Soviet uprising in 1956, which Moscow crushed with overwhelming military force. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Balazs Orban, a top advisor to Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, attends the first working day of the autumn session of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest on September 30, 2024. Balazs Orban drew criticism on September 26, 2024 after suggesting the central European country would not have defended itself against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has. Viktor Orban is the only EU leader to have maintained close ties with the Kremlin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. His government has refused to send weapons to Kyiv. Balazs Orban, the premier's political director, said that Hungary had learned to be "cautious" following its anti-Soviet uprising in 1956, which Moscow crushed with overwhelming military force. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Balazs Orban, a top advisor to Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, attends the first working day of the autumn session of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest on September 30, 2024. Balazs Orban drew criticism on September 26, 2024 after suggesting the central European country would not have defended itself against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has. Viktor Orban is the only EU leader to have maintained close ties with the Kremlin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. His government has refused to send weapons to Kyiv. Balazs Orban, the premier's political director, said that Hungary had learned to be "cautious" following its anti-Soviet uprising in 1956, which Moscow crushed with overwhelming military force. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)

Balazs Orban, a top advisor to Hungary's nationalist Prime Minister Viktor Orban, attends the first working day of the autumn session of the Hungarian Parliament in Budapest on September 30, 2024. Balazs Orban drew criticism on September 26, 2024 after suggesting the central European country would not have defended itself against a Russian invasion as Ukraine has. Viktor Orban is the only EU leader to have maintained close ties with the Kremlin since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022. His government has refused to send weapons to Kyiv. Balazs Orban, the premier's political director, said that Hungary had learned to be "cautious" following its anti-Soviet uprising in 1956, which Moscow crushed with overwhelming military force. (Photo by Attila KISBENEDEK / AFP)