An extremely foolish and unpleasant manifestation of this U-turn was Hungary’s diplomatic demarche against Russia on 8 September, when the Hungarian authorities declared ten employees of the Russian embassy personae non gratae, accusing them of “activity incompatible with diplomatic status.”
Commenting on this highly short-sighted decision, Prime Minister Magyar spoke of “protecting national sovereignty,” emphasizing that “Hungary will not allow anyone to put its security at risk.”







