RIGA, Latvia – Russian President Vladimir Putin, increasingly isolated over the war against Ukraine, met Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban in China on Tuesday.

Viktor Orbán, the Hungarian leader, met with Vladimir Putin in Beijing. Orbán has cultivated warm ties with both the Kremlin and the Chinese government.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has kept in close contact with Russian President Vladimir Putin since the invasion of Ukraine started, but he did not visit Kyiv until this week.

Russia's President Vladimir Putin meets with Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban at the Kremlin in Moscow on July 5, 2024. The meeting between the two angered some online.

Hungary's Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, is being stripped off his right to host an important EU meeting because his ties to ...

Orban's influence also faces a limit, which Kimmage said is partially Putin's doing. "In this sense, Putin is kind of a victim of his own perspective," he said.

Prime Minister Viktor Orban said Hungary's EU membership remains worthwhile for now, but there could come a time when this changes. 'There could theoretically be a point when it's no longer worth ...

Putin's war In Ukraine doesn't scare Hungary away from Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who the election on Sunday, and Trumpism.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban and members of the Fidesz party celebrate their election victory on stage on the bank of the Danube River in Budapest, on April 3, 2022.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, who has criticized European support for Ukraine, has made his first visit to the country since Russia’s full-scale war began in February 2022.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a Sept. 18, 2018, meeting at the Kremlin in Moscow.