Hungary expels Russian diplomats

For the Fidesz-aligned newspaper Magyar Nemzet the move was ill-advised:

“We are alienating Moscow at breakneck speed just as winter is approaching and we still need to fill up our gas storage facilities. … It is not clear whether we have chosen the appropriate negotiating strategy for the situation at hand. Moreover, Russia – which has been declared a threat to Europe and Hungary – has, interestingly enough, always supplied our country with oil and natural gas in accordance with the contracts. We were even able to negotiate the financing arrangements. Meanwhile, the countries with which we are now aligning ourselves, at the expense of our own interests, have unlawfully withheld money [EU funding] to which we are entitled under existing treaties as a disciplinary measure against the Hungarian people.”