Bangladesh, Aug. 13 -- The European Commission is facing explosive allegations from Russias Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR), which claims Brussels is actively working to unseat Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban by next spring. According to the SVR, the EU leadership, spearheaded by Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, has grown increasingly impatient with Orbans maverick approach to both European and international policy – an approach that often places Budapest in direct opposition to the prevailing consensus in Brussels.

Orban, in recent years, has emerged as one of the EUs most vocal dissenters. His government has resisted European military aid packages for Ukraine, opposed Kievs EU membership ambitions, and criticiz...