APR 01, 2026
In ten days time Victor Orban is facing an election in Hungary. Orban is solely responsible for halting European loans to Ukraine to enable Ukraine to continue its defence of Europe
Orban has been proved to be receiving instructions directly from the Kremlin. Russia intelligence operatives have been assisting Orban with his election campaign, with the intention of rigging the result. Polls show Orban’ opponent Peter Magyar and his Tisza Party to be 10% ahead in the polls, but as that other great Russian criminal Joseph Stalin said ‘It isn’t who makes the votes, it is who counts the votes.’ Hungary will need an enormous turnout from the population to overcome the Orban corruption. Orban will not accept the result regardless of the people’s decision.
Orban has started to lay unfounded claims to his border region with Ukraine by claiming the Hungarian speaking population are being oppressed. There can be no doubt in any mind this is at the direct orders of the Kremlin.
Orban ordered a shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold to be seized and held for up to 60 days while his country’s tax authority investigate. The gold and the money was being transported through Hungary by road when it was ambushed. Authorities said they suspected ‘money laundering.’ The shipment included $40 million and 35 million euros in cash, as well as 9 kilograms of gold — worth $82 million and vital to Ukraine.
Putin is playing a great game, and is holding his weakening position by coercing, bribing and balackmailing controlled assets in many countries including Hungary. His ace card is still Trump. The Russians cheered in the streets when Trump won his second term. They considered Trump’s victory to be a Russian victory.
When leaders behave illogically and without reason against the interests of their own people, blackmail is the most obvious cause. Trump, Orban, Fiko and others must obey Putin or suffer the consequences of being exposed.
Putin’s greatest strategic ‘success’ in 2023 was to persuade Iran to unleash Hamas onto Israel. October 7th, 2024, was the one-year anniversary of the atrocious attack on the Nova Music Festival in Re’im that began with an overwhelming rocket attack followed up by Hamas murderers on motor bikes who killed, raped, and slaughtered civilians running to or hiding in shelters, and took more than 250 hostages including the corpses of some Israeli victims. 1256 young music fans were estimated to have been killed. Many came from other nations including Russia.
These atrocities were recorded, and video footage was distributed with pride by Hamas and then later, in shock by the IDF when they came into possession of recordings. There can be no doubt of their authenticity. The video below shows graphic images of the crimes that Hamas terrorists committed. The outrages reflect the influences of Russian instructors possibly Wagner mercenaries. The ruthless terror tactics of killing all men women and children, mutilating bodies, and executing hostages are used to instil so much fear into a population that they enter what is described as battlefield shock and cease to function. Massacre of civilians is now acceptable to Hamas. Israel under Netanyahu is prepared to fight fire with fire and has responded in kind.
You tube video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wAFDI63yvNQ (Discretion is advised)
In the weeks before the Re’im attack Russian representatives met with leaders of Iran and Hamas. It would be naïve not to believe these meetings were linked to the sudden and unexpected attack on Re’im. Putin, Iran, and Hamas knew that Netanyahu would be forced to make a strong response against Hamas. Israel’s offensive to date has killed more than 30,000 Palestinians in Gaza most of them civilians. Whether or not this response was or is proportionate is a different discussion. My point here is all contemporary wars lead back to Russia.
It is absolutely vital that the world realise the primary enemy in all these conflicts is Russia.
Putin persuaded or bribed Iran to unleash Hamas onto Israel to remove world attention and financial support away from Ukraine. This sudden escalation of the Israel, Palestine conflict was initiated solely for the benefit of Russia. This was a strategically expert stroke by Putin and the world press especially fell for it.
In an interview with Al Jazeera, Vera Mironova, a Russian-American security expert and research fellow at Harvard University, supported this claim. She said, ‘It was absolutely coordinated with Moscow.’ She also alleged missiles were supplied to Hamas through Iran and Syria and added ‘In return, Iran is providing Russia with inexpensive kamikaze drones so that their swarms can be launched to wreak havoc and overwhelm Western-supplied air defence systems, such as the US-made MIM-104 Patriot or the Norwegian-made NASAMS.’
Russia predictably denied all these accusations and accused anyone repeating them of encouraging unfounded speculation and escalation. Aleksander Venediktov, a member of the Russian Security Council, said, “Such speculations are an open provocation.”
President Zelensky said ‘Russia wants to trigger a war in the Middle East, so a new source of pain and suffering will help Russia to undermine world unity, increase discord and contradictions, and destroy freedom in Europe,’ The recent attack on Iran only serves to prove Zelensky’s point even further.
On September 10, 2024, Mossad Director, David Barnea told reporters he was concerned Russia was ‘seeking to sell advanced weapons to Iran.’ Ukraine’s senior intelligence officer, Kyrylo Budanov, said that he too thought Moscow supplied Hamas with weapons seized in Ukraine, as a perfect way to cover Russia’s fingerprints. Israeli opinions are contradictory, with some sources saying that there is no direct evidence of Russian involvement, while others consider it naïve to believe otherwise.
Hamas was originally formed in 1987 as an extension of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood Movement. Hamas fighters have relied on Russia for weapons since the 1950s during the cold war. Hamas always claim their weapons are of local manufacture, but laser-targeting systems used in modern anti-tank and anti-aircraft missiles are far beyond their capabilities. Hamas claim Iran is their main manufacturer, but the original source is Russia with Iran operating as a go between.
On July 1, 2024 Hamas performed a public show of its weapons. Among the weapons on display were Shihab drones,(made in Iran) grenade launchers, and Russian Kornet anti-tank missiles. However, China and North Korea are also known to produce Russian weapons under licence and can function as proxies to conceal links to Russia.
In March 2024, when Hamas leaders visited Moscow, CNN cited ‘unspecified sources’ who they claim stated Russia had been sending Iran weapons lost in battle in Ukraine, including Javelin anti-tank and Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.
As a result of the attack on the Nova Music Festival, the world press did indeed direct all their resources to the middle east. Republicans in the US House of Representatives managed to slow down financial and military support for Ukraine at the prompting of Donald Trump. Expected munitions for the defence of Ukraine failed to arrive and broke resupply plans to the front lines. Any momentum Ukraine had achieved was halted. The attack on Israel benefited one country alone, Russia. To be sure (which we never will be) the following would need to be addressed.
1 Russia promised Hamas assistance when they met in March 2024.
2. Russia and Iran agreed together to help Hamas and Hezbollah to attack Israel as a means of weakening western support for Ukraine.
3. Russia and Iran knew the attack on the Nova Music Festival was going to take place?
Hamas, and Hezbollah are economically, or militarily, supported by Russia via Iran. Iran is one of Russia’s few remaining allies and continues to supply them with Shahab drones which although low tech can still penetrate Ukrainian air defences if launched in sufficient numbers.
Syria once depended on Russia for support since the formation of Israel and their defeat in the six-day war in 1967 when they lost the Golan Heights. Another Russian inspired failure that destabilized the Middle East. In 2010/11 Russia allowed Bashir Al Assad to remain in power and to hold out against the spontaneous pro-democracy ‘Arab Spring’ revolt that change the governments of North Africa but failed in Syria as a direct result of Russian Military support.
In 2015, Russia, and Syria signed a treaty, which allowed the use by Russia of Khomeniem Airport, free of charge and with no time limit. Syrian Forces remained in in charge of protecting the base perimeter, but Russian troops were responsible for air defence. Israeli missiles destroyed airport control buildings and ammunition stores preventing further supplies to be made to Hezbollah who operated out of Syria and Lebanon attacking the north of Israel. ISIS could never have operated there without Syrian and Russian support.
When Syria, Iraq, Iran and Afghanistan ceased fighting among themselves or with the UN they quickly became dependent on Russia to bypass international sanctions. They formed a barrier across the middle east that protects Russia’s southern borders. Türkey as a NATO member still threatens this new central Islamic empire by controlling the Bosphorus and access to the Black Sea. Armenia, Georgia, and Azerbaijan sit west of Türkiye, South of Russia, and North of Iran, sat firmly in the centre, hoping for closer ties to the west now that Russian military strength is waning. Since the fall of Assad, Russia has withdrawn from Syria and a new government is attempting to restore international relation,
The illegal immigration problems faced by the western democracies are not spontaneous. Organisation, money and infrastructure, combined with bribery and corruption have created a process that undermines the stability of every country in Europe and feeds the opinions of the general population into the hands of extremists. Politicians continue to suggest refugees from Gaza be transported to Europe, where their presence will create greater disharmony and friction.
Our focus must return to the greater threat. The press must open their eyes and see what they stubbornly refuse to see. All wars lead back to Russia, all atrocities lead back to Putin.
For Israel to defeat Hamas, Hezbollah, Iran, and Syria the world must first defeat Russia in Ukraine. Although the world might view the Russo/Ukraine war as drawn out after four years, it is not long enough for the draining effects of military losses and economic sanctions to fully take effect, but the day draws closer. The war in Ukraine is a large war being fought by Ukrainian soldiers sustained by western money and technology. Europe can outspend Russia ten times over. Ukraine gives its blood while we give our treasure. It is a fine political bargain for those nations that fear Russian military aggression.
Putin lost his war the day he failed to take Kyiv four years ago. Now, with 1,300,000 casualties, a million emigrants who fled Russia, a failing economy and increasing shortages of military hardware, he still has not accepted that he cannot win. A wiser man would falsely claim victory and the successful completion of his ‘Special Military Operation’ but that is unlikely.
When Putin is defeated in Ukraine, Iran and their terrorist proxies lose the foundations that they rely on to hold power and maintain their war against Israel and remove Israel’s weakening excuse to eliminate the population of Gaza.
Trump’s illogical war against Iran can only be understood from the position of Putin. Putin controls Trump with some form of terrible and compromising coercion. Recently a Russian Duma representative expressed disapointment Russia had waited too long for Trump ‘to serve up Kyiv on a silver plate.’ He said, this was promised by Trump to Putin in Anchorage.
Trump is not interested in detailed intelligence from Ukraine which proves Russia is providing surveillance intelligence to Iran so they can strike US bases in the UAE, Iraq and Saudi Arabia. In response to questions about this from journalists, Trump excused it by saying the USA did the same for Ukraine. The withdrawal of USA forces from the Persian Gulf might be percieved by many with longer memories as a Russian defeat.
Trump’s actions in Iran are not logical or reasonable unless …
All wars lead back to Russia!
Slava Ukraini!
I write to fight.
Robin Horsfall
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Comment from :
Spot on as always Robin! There can be no doubt that all contemporary wars lead back to Russia!
Simply the best and most informative piece you have ever written Robin. Thank you.
One way to support Ukraine
“Orban has started to lay unfounded claims to his border region with Ukraine by claiming the Hungarian speaking population are being oppressed. There can be no doubt in any mind this is at the direct orders of the Kremlin.”
Nor in mine. Furthermore, there can be little doubt that putler promised parts of Transcarpatia to the toad nazi.
“Putin is playing a great game, and is holding his weakening position by coercing, bribing and balackmailing controlled assets in many countries including Hungary. His ace card is still Trump. The Russians cheered in the streets when Trump won his second term. They considered Trump’s victory to be a Russian victory.”
It certainly was.
Krasnov’s first wife’s father was a KGB informant. A file would have immediately been opened on him.
The contents by now will be enough to fill a small building. Now we can add all the stuff that ruZZian agent Epstein gathered on Krasnov which is yet to be released.
Ivana certainly had lots of damaging info on Krasnov. She was an athletic woman with excellent balance; it is virtually impossible to imagine that she fell down her stairs.
“When leaders behave illogically and without reason against the interests of their own people, blackmail is the most obvious cause. Trump, Orban, Fiko and others must obey Putin or suffer the consequences of being exposed.”
Quite.
“In the weeks before the Re’im attack Russian representatives met with leaders of Iran and Hamas. It would be naïve not to believe these meetings were linked to the sudden and unexpected attack on Re’im.”
Yes it was a putler operation. Hamas leaders and many Iranian regime leaders are ruZZian speakers, having been talent spotted and trained decades earlier.
“President Zelensky said ‘Russia wants to trigger a war in the Middle East, so a new source of pain and suffering will help Russia to undermine world unity, increase discord and contradictions, and destroy freedom in Europe,’ The recent attack on Iran only serves to prove Zelensky’s point even further.”
Yes exactly.
Commenter Dick Woods is right.
A great piece from Robin, who has progressed from purely military vignettes to full-blown geopolitical analysis.