The statement by Anita Orbán, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Hungary, regarding Budapest’s demand that 10 Russian diplomats should leave the Hungarian territory indicates that the new Hungarian authorities have got captured by ideologically driven anti-Russian phobias, and that their statements about willingness to keep dialogue channels with Russia open and to continue pragmatic cooperation are completely worthless. This extremely unfriendly move constitutes an unprecedented and unjustified escalation from the Hungarian side, and it will be met with an appropriate response.