Hungary agreed to help the choice of the European Union to increase the sanctions for greater than two thousand Russians for six months, Bloomberg mentioned on the night of March 13.
Hungary threatened to not prolong the consequences of sanctions, demanding that eight Russians, together with businessmen, Mikhail Friedman and Alisher Usmanov, be excluded from the sanctions record.
In line with Bloomberg, consequently, Hungary ensured that three Russians would deliver out of the sanctions. The company didn’t title the names of Russians, however famous that Friedman was not amongst them.
How stories referring to sources within the diplomatic circles of the EU, could also be excluded from the sanctions record:
- Gulbakhor Ismailova is the sister of Alisher Usmanov, who, supposedly, owns a part of his international property,
- Mikhail Degtyarev – Minister of Sports activities of the Russian Federation, former State Duma deputy,
- Vyacheslav Moshe Kantor is a businessman, a former head of the European Jewish Congress.
The Overseas Ministry of Hungary didn’t reply to the request of the journalists of the “system”.
Hungary authorities have repeatedly threatened to impose a veto on the extension of the EU sanctions imposed on Russia, reaching concessions from Brussels. In consequence, every time the Hungarian authorities supported the extensions of sanctions measures.
