Go to mediabankMOSCOW, Sep 3 Prime Minister Viktor Orban, arriving in Moscow for farewell to ex-president of the USSR Mikhail Gorbachev, emphasized his independence as a European politician, Fyodor Lukyanov, director of research at the Valdai International Discussion Club Development and Support Fund, told RIA Novosti. On Saturday, Orban paid a short visit to Moscow, arriving at the farewell ceremony Gorbachev in the Hall of Columns in the House of the Unions. Orban was the only foreign leader to come to pay tribute to the memory of the Soviet politician.
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the fact that Hungary gained full independence — it happened thanks to him. In modern European times, the recognition is bold, in the rest of Eastern Europe they prefer not to talk about it now. Orban emphasized his independence, «Lukyanov said. Speaking about the fact that the Hungarian prime minister arrived in Moscow only to say goodbye to Gorbachev and did not express any desire to meet with the Russian leadership, Lukyanov noted that this was and was not necessary. «This gesture is quite positive in itself,» the expert explained. Press Secretary of the President of the Russian Federation Dmitry Peskov told RIA Novosti on Saturday that, as far as the Kremlin knows, Orban flies to Moscow only to say goodbye to Gorbachev, wishes for contacts with the leadership of the Russian Federation no comment from the Hungarian side. 
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