“Two EU countries – Hungary and Slovakia – may not support the extension of some individual sanctions, the extension of which expires on September 15, if six Russian businessmen are not excluded from this list.”, – WRITE: www.pravda.com.ua
Source: Several diplomats from leading EU countries, relevant to negotiations, in a comment to the correspondent of “European Truth”
Details: Hungary and Slovakia again demand to exclude several Russian citizens from the EU’s individual sanction list – otherwise they threaten not to support the continuation of all individual sanctions.
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“It is a matter of restrictive measures for actions that undermine or threaten territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine. Hungary and Slovakia insist on the abolition of these measures against six persons, Russian businessmen,” – said “Euro True” one of the interlocutors.
He recalled that some of these sanctions should be extended until September 15, 2025 (continuing every half year) – otherwise they will be automatically canceled against anyone who is on the list.
Another diplomat added that “Hungary demands to exclude four Russians from the sanction list and Slovakia – two.”
The diplomat did not report what the names of Russian businessmen sound during negotiations, but specified that “some names are the same as last time.”
As reported by “European Pravda”, on March 14, 2025, the names of the former head of one of the largest producers of mineral fertilizers “Eurohim” Vladimir Rashevsky, the sister of Russian oligarch Alisher Usmanov Gulbachora, Businessman Vyaslava, Businessman Vyaslava, were excluded from the EU sanctions lists of EU sanctions lists of EU sanctions from the EU sanctions lists of EU sanctions from the EU sanctions from the EU sanctions from the EU sanctions from the EU sanctions lists. Degtyareva.
Their exclusion from the EU sanction list has become a requirement of Hungary in order to continue the entire list of about 2400 people involved in violation of Ukraine’s territorial integrity.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Siyarto then threatened to oppose the continuation of EU sanctions against more than 2400 people and organizations, including Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
About how Hungary was blackmailing the EU to continue sanctions half a year ago, read in the article Orban breaks sanctions. How Hungary’s veto can “thaw” a third of Russian assets in the EU.