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Hungary's Péter Magyar calls out 'Russian-style' sex tape threat as campaign turns ugly
Euronews ^ | 12/02/2026 | Sandor Zsiros

Posted on 02/12/2026 8:44:00 PM PST by nickcarraway

The opposition leader, who is leading the polls ahead of April's elections, says Viktor Orbán's party is orchestrating a smear campaign with secretly recorded intimate videos.

Hungary's opposition leader Péter Magyar has accused Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's ruling Fidesz party of preparing a blackmail campaign against him involving a secretly recorded sex tape, escalating tensions ahead of April's parliamentary elections.

Magyar, whose Tisza party leads Fidesz in opinion polls, said he suspects the governing party plans to release intimate recordings made with surveillance equipment.

"I suspect they are planning to release a recording, recorded with secret service equipment and possibly faked, in which my then-girlfriend and I are seen having intimate intercourse," Magyar wrote on social media.

He said journalists received a photo of a bedroom with the message "coming soon" suggesting a video release is imminent. The image has circulated widely on social media, prompting public debate. The video has not appeared online yet.

"I am a 45-year-old man, and I have a regular sex life, with an adult partner," Magyar added.

The picture is also featured on a website named after the Tisza Party's vice president, Márk Radnai, with the date "2024.08.03" above it. Radnai said the domain does not belong to him.

Fidesz representatives denied involvement in distributing the photo. Under Hungarian law, releasing sexually explicit images without consent is a criminal offence.

The allegations come as tensions grow in the campaign, which has already seen activists attacked and candidates targeted with deepfake videos.

Hungary facing toxic campaign

Tisza, founded just two years ago, now leads Fidesz 35% to 28% among voters, according to the 21st Research Institute. Orbán has governed since 2010 with an absolute majority, and a change in government would reshape Hungary's relationship with the European Union and its stance on the war in Ukraine.

Both parties have deployed aggressive tactics in the campaign. Fidesz has shared AI-generated deepfake videos showing Magyar pledging allegiance to Brussels or supporting Ukraine, positions unpopular with Orbán's base. Government officials routinely describe Tisza as a tool of foreign interests.

Magyar accuses Orbán of corruption and using public funds to benefit family members and allies. He has released a secretly recorded conversation with his ex-wife, former Justice Minister Judit Varga in 2024, in which she discussed government pressure on the judiciary in sensitive cases.

Opposition activists have faced physical and verbal attacks at campaign events in recent months, and town hall meetings with government officials have been disrupted by opposition protesters.

Magyar launched Tisza following a government-linked child abuse scandal that forced two senior officials to resign.

Then-President Katalin Novák and Justice Minister Varga, Magyar's ex-wife, stepped down after Novák pardoned a man who helped cover up abuse at a children's care home.

The scandal eroded public trust in Orbán's administration and created an opening Magyar exploited to build his party rapidly. Tisza's rise represents the strongest challenge to Fidesz in years.

Elections are scheduled for 12 April, with both campaigns expected to intensify in the coming weeks.


TOPICS: Heated Discussion
KEYWORDS: damagecontrol; elections; hungary; putin; putinshill; russia

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1 posted on 02/12/2026 8:44:00 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Russia is involved yet again?!


2 posted on 02/12/2026 8:49:38 PM PST by Kazan
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To: nickcarraway

“Euronews”

pro-Nato, pro-tranny and pro-pedo propaganda outlet, looks like this “opposition” candidate was sponsored by globohomo-NATO and Orbán found his tapes showing he was a client of Epstein and now is being exposed and the NATO pedo-elites are super mad


3 posted on 02/12/2026 8:55:21 PM PST by mitchjackson1972 (End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
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To: mitchjackson1972

Orbán’s is a socialist grifter living on massive EU subsidies paid by hardworking European citizens. The only reason Hungary’s economy is still afloat is thanks to the money pouring in from the EU.
Orban has also violated Trumps order on halting imports of Russian oil.
While the EU has managed to convert, ending Russian Oil imports to a few percent (down to a trickle) lazy Orban preferred to continue buying cheap Russian oil. He STILL imports more than 90% of its oil from Russia! Trump is highly upset by this and gave him a last chance to end all oil imports from Russia within a year. Orban better start working, get out of your bed!


4 posted on 02/12/2026 9:10:05 PM PST by USA-FRANCE (Silence against evil isn't neutrality, it's complicity. Oppose the Iran-Russia-North Korea Alliance!)
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To: USA-FRANCE
Orbán’s is a socialist grifter living on massive EU subsidies ... has also violated Trumps order ...

Orban is keeping out the migrants.

That alone is reason enough for Hungarians to support him.

If Israel gets a pass for socialist grifting on massive USA subsidies, why not Hungary?

5 posted on 02/12/2026 9:35:16 PM PST by Angelino97
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To: USA-FRANCE

That’s nice, Orbán is gonna arrest this traitor pedo candidate and we will all laugh and cheer


6 posted on 02/12/2026 9:35:43 PM PST by mitchjackson1972 (End usury - It's OK to be white - https://ussliberty.org/)
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To: nickcarraway

Russian-style sex tape, OR MI6 Christopher Steele-style sex tape

you know, to trash conservatives, particularly in Hungary


7 posted on 02/12/2026 10:42:07 PM PST by PGR88
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To: PGR88

There are no conservatives in Hungary.


8 posted on 02/12/2026 10:45:11 PM PST by nickcarraway
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