Russian intelligence operatives proposed staging an assassination attempt on Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbn to reshape the country's election campaign, according to The Washington Post on March 21. The newspaper reported that the proposal appeared in an internal document from Russia's foreign intelligence service, the SVR, which was obtained and authenticated by a European intelligence service. The plan, described as "the Gamechanger," was aimed at lifting Orbn as he enters the final stretch before Hungary's April 12 parliamentary election under pressure from a weak economy and slipping public support.