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Hungary forced EU sanctions against four Russians
With his veto law, Hungary has forced the cancellation of EU sanctions against several Russians. Among other things, an oligarch is among the people.
With his veto law, Hungary has forced the cancellation of EU sanctions against several Russians. The people who will no longer be on the EU sanctions list in the future include the oligarch Wjatscheslaw Moske Kantor, as several diplomats of the German Press Agency confirmed. It is also about a sister of the well -known Russian entrepreneur Alischer Usmanow and two other people.
According to diplomats, the extension of Russia sanctions, which affect a total of around 2,200 people and organizations, was from Hungary. The decision for this requires a unanimous decision of the 27 EU member states. Hungary threatened to block it unless several Russians are removed from the list.
Orbán does not consider Russia sanctions to be expedient
The exact background of the Hungarian approach is unclear. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán had already stated several times that he generally does not consider the EU’s Russia sanctions to be expedient.
These are the biggest losers of western sanctions
Roman Abramowitsch
1st place: Roman Abramowitsch – loss of wealth: $ 10.2 billion (57 percent)
The former owner of Chelsea is the prototype of a Russian oligarch. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, he used his contacts in politics and was able to build a branched company empire by buying formerly state -owned companies. Abramowitsch became rich primarily with the oil company Sibneft, where he temporarily held 80 percent of the shares. In addition, there were investments in the Rusal aluminum group and the Aeroflot airline. From 2000 to July 2008 he was governor of the Russian region of Tschukotka. He sold a large part of his company shares in the early 2000s – including to the semi -governmental Group Gazprom.
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The EU sanctions usually include travel limits, freezing assets and the ban on providing funds or other economic resources. In most cases, they were imposed against Ukraine in response to the unjustified and groundless military aggression of Russia from an EU perspective.
The risk of Hungary’s advance
There had been discussions about the demands of Hungary for weeks because a number of Member States did not want to accept them at first. The risk of lifting the sanctions could give other Russians arguments for complaints against punitive measures.
For example, the sanction decision against Kantor said that this had close connections to President Vladimir Putin, who had helped him secure his considerable assets. On numerous occasions, he openly expressed his support and friendship on numerous occasions and entertain good relationships with the Kremlin. As a result, he benefited from Russian decision -makers who are responsible for the illegal annexation of the Crimea peninsula by Russia or the destabilization of Ukraine. According to the EU, Kantor is a great shareholder of one of the largest fertilizer manufacturers in Russia.
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