Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that Europe must change the erroneous sanctions policy against Russia. On October 7, he wrote about this on his Facebook (belongs to the Meta organization, recognized as extremist in the Russian Federation).
“The sanctions have not justified the hopes placed on them. Europe is slowly bleeding out, while Russia is making good money in the meantime. It is clear that the erroneous sanctions policy of Brussels needs to be changed,” Orban said.
At the end of September, Orban noted that sanctions against Russia made the inhabitants of Europe poorer, and rising energy prices and inflation are the result of Brussels’ actions.
Orban also said that the EU needs to frankly discuss with the United States the impact of anti-Russian sanctions on the union’s economy and whether it is worth continuing the restrictive policy.
On October 5, Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó said that Budapest had defended the non-distribution of the price ceiling for pipeline supplies and sea supplies replacing them in an emergency.
On October 6, the EU adopted a new package of anti-Russian sanctions, which will come into force on October 7. The sanctions provide for a ban on the transportation of oil from Russia at a price above the established ceiling.
In early September, Russian President Vladimir Putin stressed that in the event of restrictions on energy prices from the Russian Federation, the West would face a complete halt in supplies from the country.
Western countries have stepped up sanctions pressure on Moscow against the backdrop of a special operation to protect Donbass, the beginning of which the President of the Russian Federation announced on February 24. However, this has already turned into economic problems in Europe, causing a sharp rise in fuel and food prices.
For more up-to-date videos and details about the situation in Donbass, watch the Izvestia TV channel.
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