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Hungary Expels 10 Russian Diplomats, Signaling a Shift

The housecleaning puts the new government more in line with how European allies relate to Moscow, tempering cozy ties developed under Viktor Orban’s administration.

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Hungary’s foreign minister, Anita Orban, in May. She accused the expelled Russians of having acted in ways unacceptable under a convention that bars diplomatic interference.
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Orban’s Office, Thrown Open, Is Not the Den Hungarians Expected

The new government of Peter Magyar hoped to use the suite overlooking the Danube as evidence of an autocrat’s indulgence. The trappings fell short.

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Visitors on a balcony with a view of the Danube that Viktor Orban, the former prime minister, had built off his offices at a former monastery in Budapest.
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