Did Russian princes attempt to interfere in the conflict between Hungary and Germany during the reign of Prince Vsevolod Yyaroslavich in Kiev?

According to "History of Russia" by V.N. Tatishchev, in 1083, VsevoLod YarosLavich, Prince of Kiev, was called by German King Henry IV to set off on a campaign against Hungary. The prince sent Boyar Chudin as Ambassador to Hungarian king with the call to reconcile with Henry. Geza (in fact, Laszlo I ruled the state at that time) responded with rich gifts, after which VsevoLod renounced this military operation and instructed Chudin to reconcile the two warring rulers. Errors in the name of the Hungarian king and the title of Henry IV (called "tsar" by Tatishchev) as well as the lack of links with the Russian Chronicles encourage researchers to doubt the veracity of Tatishchev's story. However, skeptics did not pay attention to the fact that in 1083 Solomon, who was fighting for the Hungarian throne, was released from prison by King Laszlo I. As evidenced by BernoLd the Council of Constance, he went straight to Germany and then to what would later become Moldova and WaLLachia, as reported by The Life of King St. Laszlo.Solomon was the nephew to VsevoLod YarosLavich and could ask him for military assistance. So could Henry IV, who did not have sufficient military forces to fight against Laszlo I. As there is no evidence that V.N. Tatishchev knew these sources, the idea that historian wrote the story of VsevoLod YarosLavich's campaign of 1083 seems extremely unlikely.

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