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Viktor Orbán: leaders from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia often meet often to coordinate policy (Photo: Council of the European Union)

Even Orbán rebukes Russia for Czech attack

Even the EU's most Russia-friendly leader, Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán, has voiced solidarity with the Czechs, as fallout continues over a Russian bomb attack.

Orbán has a track record of vetoing or watering down EU statements critical of his friends in China, Israel, and Russia.

But even he joined the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Poland, and Slovakia in issuing the rebuke to Moscow on Monday (26 April).

"We condemn ... yet another deplorable act of agg...

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

Viktor Orbán: leaders from the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia often meet often to coordinate policy (Photo: Council of the European Union)

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Andrew Rettman is EUobserver's Foreign Affairs Editor. He has been writing about foreign and security affairs for EUobserver since 2005. He is Polish but grew up in the UK. He has also written for The Guardian, The Telegraph, and The Times of London.

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