PHOTOS: Hungary finally protects Russian rocket scientist

We wrote in June that Anatoly Lazarev (68), a Russian rocket scientist, fled to Hungary because, in Russia, he no longer felt safe. He claims he refused to pay for Putin’s party as a businessman. As a result, Russian authorities charged him with fraud, investigations started, and state authorities broke his career. Afterwards, he came to Hungary. However, Moscow demanded extradition, and Hungary’s asylum office did not grant him protection status. They said the Russians promised to respect human rights and would not conduct a “political persecution based on political, ethnic, religious, national or other grounds” if they get him back.

The Hungarian Helsinki Committee decided to help him. After a process, lasting more than 4.5 years, the Budapest court decided in favour of Mr Lazarev. As a result, Hungary will grant him refugee status, the strongest protection a country can offer. It means that he and his family can remain in Hungary, will not be extradited to the Russian authorities and can continue his career in safety, hvg.hu wrote.

Századvég: Hungarians support ceasefire, peace talks

An overwhelming majority of Hungarians, 91 percent, support an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine and peace talks, the Századvég Institute said on Friday. Some 7 percent said the war should continue until Russian President Vladimir Putin is defeated, the pollster said in a statement.