WARSAW — When Vladimir V. Putin played host at the Kremlin early last year to Hungary's prime minister, Viktor Orban, the notion of a reciprocal visit that would bring the Russian president onto European Union soil seemed perfectly in keeping with a whole series of stick-in-the-eye moves toward Europe by the two leaders in recent years.
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A handout photo provided by the Hungarian prime minister's office shows Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban (R) posing in front of their national flags at the parliament in Budapest on February 17, 2015 prior to their joint press conference. Putin was on a one-day visit to Hungary.
