Peter Magyar and His Foreign Policy Chief Want to Cut Hungary Off from Cheap Russian Energy

Anita Orban’s public statements also prove that the Tisza Party would cut Hungary off from cheap Russian energy. Peter Magyar’s foreign policy expert has repeatedly argued that Hungary should switch to LNG instead, which is particularly expensive and would therefore also bring an end to the utility price cuts scheme.

By that time Anita Orban was already a vice president at Tellurian, so it was no surprise that she moderated the panel titled The Gas Market Before Production, which focused specifically on the medium-term development plans of the Ukrainian gas industry.

Peter Magyar’s adviser not only lobbied for LNG there, but also stood up for Ukrainian interests, Ellenpont emphasized.

She urged Kyiv to break away from Russian gas, in practice repeating almost word for word the theses of American Democratic circles.

Ukraine took Anita Orban’s advice, and now it also wants to forcibly cut Hungary off from all Russian energy carriers. The Druzhba oil pipeline was shut off, and TurkStream was attacked last week. Peter Magyar, Anita Orban, and Tisza Party did not say a single word in response to these steps threatening Hungary’s energy supply.

 

She Built Her Entire Career on Dismantling Utility Price Cuts and Standing Up for Ukraine

As Ellenpont also reported earlier, in 2014 Anita Orban spoke in Washington before members of the US Congress, where she asked the body to authorize exports of liquefied natural gas.

In her strongly biased speech, she claimed that no other pipeline gas alternative was currently available and that the most realistic solution would therefore be access to the LNG market. She added that, in her view, only this source could provide adequate quantities for Central and Eastern Europe.

The outlet recalls that

Peter Magyar’s foreign policy chief not only supported American LNG over Russian gas, but also regularly voiced her pro-Ukraine views.

As early as 2008, she had already clearly taken Kyiv’s side in energy disputes.

Peter Magyar’s foreign policy adviser is the Hungarian representative of various international interest groups. As a lobbyist for major gas companies, she regularly speaks out against cheap Russian energy and in favor of importing expensive American LNG.

Ellenpont also recalls that just a few weeks after her appointment, Anita Orban was already a member of the Tisza Party's delegation led by Peter Magyar that traveled to Munich for consultations with the pro-war elite. Among others, they met German Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk, and Alexander Soros, son of George Soros, also appeared at the event. Although no details of the talks were leaked, one of the most important topics may have been the shutdown of the Druzhba oil pipeline, and it was almost certainly also discussed how pressure could be put on the Hungarian government ahead of the elections.

Cover photo: Anita Orban, the Tisza Party’s foreign policy expert, delivers a speech before party leader Peter Magyar’s annual review at Hungexpo on February 15, 2026 (Photo: MTI/Szilard Koszticsak)