RT-Engels: 11-03-2026,
The allegation comes after Hungary impounded two Ukrainian cash trucks as part of a money laundering investigation
The Hungarian authorities have proof that Ukraine is covertly channeling funds to the opposition Tisza Party ahead of the country’s parliamentary elections next month, government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs has said.
Speaking at the Hour of Truth broadcast on Wednesday, Kovacs recalled that pro-EU Tisza Party leaders had publicly spoken of needing between $30 and 60 million for an electoral campaign – a figure they argued would counterbalance the overwhelming power of the ruling Fidesz party.
With the elections approaching, Kovacs claimed that “the national security services presented the evidence to the parliament’s national security committee that proves how the Ukrainians finance the party through various means.”
While he did not elaborate further, he noted that the recent scandal around a Ukrainian convoy carrying $40 million, €35 million, and nine kilograms of gold, which was impounded in the Budapest area as part of a money laundering investigation, raised significant questions.
Kovacs said authorities had “every right to find out exactly what is going on in the background” and wondered why “such a monstrous amount of cash needed to be moved from an Austrian bank, and not even by the shortest route.”
Ukraine has condemned the seizure, calling it “blackmail” and an act of “state banditism.” State-owned Oschadbank, whose employees staffed the vehicles,