Hungarian MP suspected of spying against EU institutions

The Deputy admits to having links with the secret services.

Hungarian prosecutors suspected Deputy of the Hungarian Parliament and member of the European Parliament in espionage against the institutions of the European Union. It is reported 444.hu, citing the statement of the Prosecutor General of Hungary.

The suspicions of the Prosecutor’s office was provoked by the activities of the Hungarian Deputy Bela Kovacs with a right-wing party Jobbik.

The Prosecutor’s office did not specify in favor of which country could spy on Kovacs, but earlier it was reported that the counterintelligence service of Hungary was concerned about his regular contacts with Russian diplomats and monthly visits to Moscow.

Kovacs is a member of the European Parliament since 2010, worked and studied in Russia for many years. He denied any links with Hungarian or foreign secret services.

Hungarian prosecutors also said that Kovacs was suspected of fraud in the amount of 21 079 euros, which he received for the bogus employment of workers in the European Parliament. On this case there pass three more people.

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