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Hungary vetoes another important anti-Russia EU measure
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The European Union would like to sanction Russian justice officials and national security agents involved in jailing and poisoning Vladimir Kara-Murza, a well-known Russian opposition journalist and public figure. But Hungary vetoed that decision. Here is why.
According to index.hu, the Hungarian veto came at the last moment and out of the blue, but it is connected with a recent Ukrainian decision putting Hungary’s OTP Bank among the war sponsors. Mr Kara-Murza was sentenced to 25 years in jail because of high treason. He lobbied for anti-Russia sanctions and fought against President Putin because he believes the Russian government harmed human rights multiple times.
EUobserver wrote that the ambassadors of the EU almost agreed on sanctions against officials and agents concerned with Kara-Murza’s jail sentence and attempted poisoning, but Hungary intervened. Therefore, the EU foreign ministers will not accept the list of Russian officials. According to the EUobserver, Hungary vetoed at least one person.
Hungary should support a veto against a Hungarian Bank when Belgium will veto the importation of Russian gold and diamonds to Belgium.
Good. The entire Europe was blindly relying on Russia for years, despite sensible people’s warnings that it was a bad idea. Now they want to cut us off over night, with severe detriment to the ordinary people’s standard of living. No, thanks.