MOSCOW - Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on March 31 Russia was not seeking to buy political influence in the European Union member state Hungary through a nuclear deal, defending Moscow's cooperation with Budapest as mutually beneficial.
Reuters: Russia denies seeking to buy political sway with Hungarian nuclear deal
Russia's President Vladimir Putin (2nd R) looks at Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban (L) shaking hands with Russia's nuclear agency Rosatom head Sergei Kiriyenko (R) during a meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo Putin's residence outside Moscow, on Jan. 14, 2014.