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Péter Magyar Ruszin-Szendi first appeared at the Tisza Party's inaugural congress on February 15, 2025, although the press had already revealed days earlier that he would be joining the Tisza Party. To this, Ruszin-Szendi responded: "I can neither confirm nor deny it." In his speech at the congress, he criticized the
Orbán government's defense policy.
Controversy In September 2025, right-wing media outlet
Mandiner published photos of him carrying a firearm concealed in a holster during a public event. After the initial denial and mocking coming from the independent media, which accused
Mandiner of spreading fake news, Ruszin-Szendi and
Péter Magyar admitted that he indeed had carried a pistol. This, and Ruszin-Szendi's previous statement, according to which "I am trained for that and I could do it" sparked public outrage, because it was the first time in contemporary Hungarian politics that a politician showed up with a gun at a public event. Moreover, carrying firearms in manifestation, protest, rally, gathering is forbidden by the Hungarian law even though Ruszin-Szendi then had a license to own a gun. On the 17 September, the Hungarian Police confiscated Ruszin-Szendi's gun, revoked his license, and started an investigation. Since then, more pictures surfaced, showing him with his pistol. On 27 September, the
minister of defencereferring to dishonor as a reasonended the reserve personnel contract with him and forbade him from using his former military rank. == International missions ==