Ruszki haza - Russians go home! - this was not chanted in Kyiv, but at the victory rally in Budapest. After 16 years of Orban's rule, Hungary is making a 180-degree turn, and the message is crystal clear: Moscow is no longer welcome.

Peter Magyar, the TISZA leader, declared the end of an era with rallies that sound like a manifesto: We are bringing down Orban's regime, I am freeing Hungary, and I am bringing back our homeland. He claims the government used the entire state apparatus and hundreds of billions on a campaign of lies and intimidation.

Warsaw first, Brussels second

Magyar announced his first trip as prime minister will be to Warsaw - strengthening ties with Poland, a country that itself went through a period of tensions with Brussels. Then comes Brussels, where the goal is unfreezing 17 billion euros of blocked funds due to problems with judicial independence and corruption.

Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk congratulated them in Hungarian: Ruszki haza - Russians go home. When a Polish prime minister speaks Hungarian to send a message to Moscow, that is not protocol - that is a geopolitical signal.

With 138 of 199 seats, TISZA has a constitutional majority. Enough to bring Hungary back to the center of the EU and NATO. The question is how quickly - and at what price. Those 17 billion euros will not unfreeze themselves.