Hungary's Viktor Orban alleges plot to blow up gas pipeline ahead of election

submitted by pan0wski to europe 38 points | 1 comments https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj60x206dx1o > Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has convened an emergency meeting of the National Defence Council after explosives were found near a pipeline that transports Russian gas to Hungary. > > The discovery in a border area of neighbouring Serbia comes as Orban’s party is badly trailing in opinion polls ahead of crucial elections next Sunday. > > Opposition leader Peter Magyar accused him of “panic-mongering” orchestrated by “Russian advisers”, days after security experts warned of a possible “false flag” operation that could be blamed on Ukraine. > > Orban, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has resisted EU calls to abandon Russian energy imports since the full-scale invasion of Ukraine.