Hungarian politician thinks the inventor of sanctions is Russia’s best friend
“Whoever was behind the Brussels sanctions launched because of the war in Ukraine, the person is Russia’s best friend as the European Union has not hurt Russia but itself by way of those measures,” the prime minister’s chief of staff told Swiss weekly Weltwoche.
Concerning criticism by the European press and politicians in Brussels over the Hungarian government’s attitude towards the Russia-Ukraine conflict, Gergely Gulyás said “Hungary is not Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Trojan horse” in an interview published on Thursday.
“Such accusations are the worst propaganda,” Gulyás said, and stressed Hungary condemned Russia’s aggression against Ukraine just as all other EU member states. Hungary has launched an aid programme to support 1.2 million Ukrainian refugees, it supports Ukraine financially and has also backed the EU’s sanctions against Russia, he added.
He also said, however, that “Russia has earned (on energy) this year twice as much as last year”, adding that “through its sanctions, the West contributes to financing Russia’s aggression”. He called for a “European debate” to be held as soon as possible to determine the EU’s policy concerning the war in Ukraine. “What the community needs is intelligent sanctions that would hurt Russia rather than Europe,” Gulyás said.
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Source: MTI
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Where does Mr. Gulyás get his information from? https://english.pravda.ru/russia/kremlin/? State-controlled news network RT?
The sanctions DO appear to be working. Anecdote: we now see Russian passport holders who live and work outside of Russia (and are tax resident elsewhere) now being aggressively pursued by the (Russian) Federal Taxation Service (FTS). The FTS is trying to find income or assets which they can potentially tax, also outside of Russia. This is totally new, as there is no obligation to file a Russian tax return for non-Russian resident, Russian passport holders. The right to tax is with the jurisdiction in which they live and work. So – a bit of desperation, Kremlin looking for revenue wherever they can!
I say to G. G.’s “Such accusations are the worst propaganda” comment that the bomb billboards levelled against the EU is THE worst propaganda!
NO! V.O. is TWO Trojan horses! He is Putin’s and Xi Jinping’s.
If I were V.O. I’d keep a very very close eye on G.G. he’s getting too big for his boots. …I hope “Pegasus” is keeping an eye on G.G. (too) 😀