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To side with authoritarian russia instead of the west. in ad saying we want hungary to be a western country again. if you vote for orban you're voting for putin. or this one, saying, quote, orban, tell your friend of 12 years don't kill. orban has undeniably supported putin vee vetoing sanctions against moscow over the years and expanding the russian hungarian partnership. >> for russian policies of viktor orban which are a very important building block of his political ambition, are now exposed. >> and with putin's popularity plumb plummeting the opposition calculus is simple orban plus putin...

What began as a campaign focused on local issues, now has opposition leaders determined to link orban with putin and his bloody war in ukraine. with political attack ads painting orban as moscow's puppet, a strongman leader determined to side with authoritarian russia, instead of the democratic west. this ad saying, quote, we want hungary to be a western country again. if you are voting for orban, you're voting for putin. or this one, saying, quote, orban, tell your friend of 12 years don't kill. orban has undeniably supported putin, vetoing sanctions against moscow over the years, and expandi...

Mission. >> reporter: with putin's popularity plummeting, the opposition calculus is simple. orban plus putin equals a winning political strategy. not so fast, because orban is fighting back. call it a flip-flop, a pivot, but orban is no longer putin's best buddy. even though not openly criticizing him personally the hungarian leader went along with sanctions against russia and described the invasion as russian aggression and despite being vehemently anti-immigrant for years now let in hundreds of thousands of ukrainian refugees in the past few weeks. he says, we are a great country which give...