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Orbán to Putin: "I Am At Your Service," Transcript Reveals

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A leaked phone call transcript shows Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, offering extensive help to Russia's President Vladimir Putin. Orbán told Putin, "I am at your service," during a conversation last October. The revelation increases scrutiny of Hungary's close ties with the Kremlin. It comes as U.S. Vice President JD Vance arrives in Budapest for a visit. Vance landed in the Hungarian capital on Tuesday. His trip occurs during the final days of a heated election campaign in Hungary. That campaign has been dominated by scandals about the country's relationship with Moscow.