Questions Arise Over Ukrainian Role in Development of Tisza Party App and Massive Data Leak

Although Peter Magyar and his team deny it, several Ukrainian specialists may have taken part in developing and testing the Tisza Party’s mobile application — according to a massive database containing some 200,000 names that appeared online at the end of last week, allegedly leaked from the Tisza Vilag (Tisza World) app. While Peter Magyar blamed the incident on a Russian hacker attack, recent developments suggest that Ukrainians have become increasingly involved around Tisza Party. To the extent that, by now, they appear to have thoroughly infiltrated the party.

Spies Everywhere

While the Tisza Party has tried to deny using PettersonApps during the app’s development, it is increasingly difficult for them to conceal their broader connections with Ukrainian actors.

In recent months, Magyar Nemzet has documented numerous examples of Ukrainian influence within the Tisza Party — to such an extent that Peter Magyar and his circle seem fully entangled. One of the clearest cases occurred last summer, when Peter Magyar traveled to Kyiv, then under Russian bombardment, in a trip organized within 24 hours by Roland Tseber, a man expelled from Hungary the previous autumn for espionage. Hungarian intelligence identified Tseber as an illegal officer of Ukraine’s intelligence services.

Ruszin-Szendi Also Appears 

A travel and residency ban was imposed on Tseber after he organized a meeting between a former high-ranking officer of the Hungarian military and several foreign investors and arms industry representatives. That former officer attending the meeting was none other than Romulusz Ruszin-Szendi, now one of Peter Magyar’s closest allies. The former Chief of Staff is also linked to another figure in the Ukrainian spy scandal, Istvan Hollo. Moreover, during NATO Chiefs of Defense meetings, Ruszin-Szendi was known to express pro-Ukrainian views, contradicting Hungary’s official anti-war position.

Aiming for a Change of Government

Magyar Nemzet has also repeatedly detailed how, in the European Parliament, the Tisza Party has consistently represented Ukrainian interests. The party's MEPs have supported Ukraine’s financial and military aid in every possible way and on every occasion.

Earlier this year, in May, the Hungarian government made public that Ukraine had launched a smear campaign against Hungary, aiming to disrupt a domestic consultation initiative concerning Ukraine’s EU membership. Prime Minister Viktor Orban stated after a meeting of the National Defense Council that: "It was revealed that, to carry out the operation, the Ukrainians reactivated their Hungarian connections and, with the help of a Hungarian political party, launched an attack against the Hungarian Defense Forces." The likely objective of this operation was to shift the Hungarian government’s stance on two issues: Ukraine’s accelerated EU accession and support for the war. Since the Orban government firmly rejects both, Kyiv and its allies are interested in a change of government in Budapest. This is also reinforced by several Ukrainian public statements.

               

       

       
       

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