In 2016, the mayor of Ásotthalom, a small Hungarian town close to the country’s southern border, celebrated the opening of Gagarin Street with an obelisk to Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin and a speech about Russia’s greatness. The mayor was László Toroczkai, an extremist politician who serves as the vice president of the far-right Jobbik party; he is known for having organized vigilante groups to beat up refugees and banned Muslims and gay people from his village.
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Participants hold a flag featuring portraits of Russian President Vladimir Putin (R) and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban as activists and sympathizers of a satirical movement, the Hungarian 'Two-tailed Dog Party' gather at Budapest downtown on April 22 during their anti-government demonstration against the policy of the Hungarian Prime Minister Orban Victor-leaded government.
