Orbán's top opponent says Hungary's alleged Russian backchannel 'treason'

Hungary's leading opposition figure Péter Magyar called for a treason investigation after the Washington Post reported that Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó has been relaying detailed EU Council meeting discussions to Russian counterpart Sergei Lavrov for years. Viktor Orbán deflected the allegations by ordering a probe into alleged wiretapping of Szijjártó, while the European Commission demanded clarifications from Budapest. The revelations deepen Hungary's isolation within the EU ahead of parliamentary elections where Magyar's TISZA party leads in polls.