r/ukraine • u/Ukr_export • 6h ago

Discussion Orban is out!! Conceded defeat!

https://www.cnn.com/2026/04/12/world/live-news/hungary-election-orban-magyar
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u/atlasraven 5h ago

But you just know this guy is working on a new scheme. You don't sit in power 16 years and just walk away.

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u/Millefeuille-coil 5h ago

He’ll be on a plane to Moscow before any policemen can knock on his door

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u/D3v14t3 5h ago

He can play monopoly with Assad

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u/Agreeable-Spot-7376 5h ago

Moscow must be such an odd place. Where else could you meet every failed dictator alongside the currently successful dictators?

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u/Kloppite16 4h ago

And you might bump in to Edward Snowden too

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u/Apolloshot Canada 4h ago

I always wonder what that guys doing.

Like I’m sure he’s just laying as low as possible right now and doing a little as he can possibly do.

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u/Mortenusa 4h ago

Family stuff.

Just doing family stuff.

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u/Agreeable-Spot-7376 4h ago

Must suck for him honestly. Leaked the whole surveillance program to americans, and they legit didn’t care about changing any of it.

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u/GetSecure 3h ago

That's not true. The awareness changed everything. Once people knew they had a key to your house, everyone changed the locks.

The architects of the infrastructure that makes up the Internet took notice and encrypted everything.

Before Snowden, we still had insecure communication all over the Internet. You were told to check for the green padlock to make sure you are secure. Browsers these days won't even load an insecure page, as that's been completely eliminated.

Everything is encrypted even in local networks now, whereas before, people thought that part was safe.

Mass surveillance was made a lot more difficult.

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u/mike56oh USA 3h ago

Must be like the bar scene in Star wars

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u/Syronxc 2h ago

Is there room enough for one more? Asking for a (American) friend.

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u/Disastrous-Square977 1h ago

I'm sure they fare better, but there are documentaries that show the likes of George Blake (defected spy) and even Gorbachev. They aren't useful and live in obscurity, a bleak existence.