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A photo exhibition in Budapest of survivors of the Ukrainian war was smashed on the night of the elections.
As Azonnali reports, the pictures were torn down and scribbled on with Russian propaganda messages, questioning whether the refugees’ photos were even made in Ukraine and not in the Middle East. The opening of the exhibition did not go smoothly either, with some people interrupting the speeches with shouting.
The Budapest Police Headquarters’ XI District Police Department has initiated an ex officio procedure against an unknown perpetrator for vandalism. The organizers of the exhibition have been contacted and will report the matter later.
The pictures that were taken down have been reinstalled by the organizers.
Several pictures of the damaged exhibition were published by Azonnali.
The exhibition was opened earlier by the Ukrainian Ambassador Liubov Nepop, and Budapest Mayor Gergely Karácsony at Móricz Zsigmond körtér in Budapest.
Karácsony wrote in a Facebook post:
I am convinced that we are betraying the Hungarian national interest if we fail to take a humane approach to this conflict. If we deliberately blur the line between aggressor and victim. If we remain silent. We Hungarians are the heirs of 1848 and 1956, and we cannot afford not to take a clear stand as accomplices of the aggressor. Let us remember the innocent victims. Let us remember those unfortunate people who only wanted to live in peace in their own country, but cannot do so because of Vladimir Putin’s aggression.”
Featured image via Gergely Karácsony’s Facebook page