Orban can remove Russians from EU sanctions for the sake of oligarch Friedman-Financial Times

In this way, Budapest presses on Europeans, which to remove the right person - the Russian oligarch Michael Friedman - from the lists. The Financial Times wrote about the behavior of Hungary and its Prime Minister Viktor Orban. The publication explained that EU countries should continue the decision to impose restrictions on Russians - to freeze assets in Europe. Voting should take place on Thursday March 13: a unanimous decision of all 27 European capitals is required.

Dedine of positive vote - until Saturday March 15. Failure to do so will automatically become invalid and Russian citizens will reach their accounts. Hungary is opposed to the article. The Hungarian Ambassador to the EU demands that Friedman be removed from the list.

The US and Ukraine also discussed the conditions of the truce and the metallic agreement: the first details of the negotiations "did not want to be dangerous": Jay di Vance first commented on his brother's service in the Ukrainian army "Why do we go from Kursk": ungulates the Syrski and praised the Drap -Dalas. Hungary has threatened to block the EU resumption of sanctions for about 2000 Russians, unless the oligarch Michael Friedman is removed from the list, "FT wrote.

The article states that Hungary's behavior corresponds to Victor Orban's statements, which criticizes sanctions against the Russian Federation and EU attitude to the Russian-Ukrainian war. However, it was stated that there was one EU capital that supported Friedman's idea - Luxembourg, journalists said. They also said that Budapest first proposed to remove eight Russians from the sanction list.

In addition to Friedman, Alisher Usmanov and Petro Aven were mentioned: they were forgotten about them, and they won the court in April 2024 to remove some restrictions. "The victory of the oligarchs has become the loudest blow to the EU sanctions against Russia since the invasion," the newspaper said. Mikhail Friedman is a Russian oligarch who earned his fortune in cooperation with the Kremlin, but left the Russian Federation during the war and settled in London.

In 2023, Ukraine imposed sanctions on it, and he, in response, filed a lawsuit for $ 1 billion. In January 2024, Bloomberg Billionaires Index released the rating of the richest people in the world. The rating showed that in the top 500 there were 25 Russians, some under sanctions. In particular, in 453 place - Petro Aven, who wanted to be rescued by Hungary and which has $ 5. 96 billion. 164th place - Friedman with $ 12. 3 billion.

We would like to remind you that on March 10, Bloomberg reported that the US is preparing to abolish a number of sanctions against the Russian Federation and prepare to start with the oil sector. On March 9, the agency spoke about the disbanding of a special group that was to fight the Russian "shadow fleet".