Belarusian dictator’s confidant travelled with a Hungarian visa
Vladimir Bazanov, ally and confidant of Alexander Lukashenko, was travelling with a Hungarian visa. He received his visa from Hungary despite the fact that some countries banned him from entering.
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Jakub Kulhánek said that Bazanov should not have been in the country, because he is “is on the sanctions list of our allies”. Pavel Havlícek, an analyst at Association for International Affairs thinks that Hungary has been the biggest ally of China, Russia, and Belarus in the past decade.
Bazanov entered the Czech Republic, a country in the Schengen zone with a Hungarian visa. He was caught in the Czech Republic and expelled from the country. He managed to travel with his Hungarian visa which was valid for 3 months. – writes Szabad Európa.
Vladimir Bazanov has been the chairman of the Football Federation of Belarus since 2019. He is also known as an ally of Belarussian politician Alekszandr Alexander Lukashenko. Bazanov was banned to enter Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in 2020. The reason behind this was Bazanov’s implication in cheating at the elections and playing a role in the suppression of people.
He arrived to the Czech Republic with his wife to accompany the female football team. The Czech football association said that they did not invite the couple, and the female team could not even play due to the coronavirus infections. The Bazanov couple allegedly did not have a valid permit to reside in the Czech Republic and they even violated the local epidemiological rules. The police took measures on 30 November and both Bazanov and his wife were immediately expelled from the country. They had to leave by 1 December. UEFA and the Football Federation of Belarus contacted the Czech football association to ask for help. According to this, Bazanov possibly visited the country as a sports leader, and not as someone related to politics. The circumstance of receiving the visa was controversial as well. Telex writes that
Bazanov’s Schengen visa was issued by the Hungarian authorities on 21 May on behalf of Switzerland. Some countries in the Schengen Convention are not sufficiently represented in other countries, therefore Member State can process visa applications on the respective country’s behalf. This is how Bazanov got his visa.
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Source: szabadeuropa.hu, telex.hu
5 Comments
Nothing unusual. Dictators always help each others.
Hungary is the only country in the EU that would give someone like that a visa, even Poland wouldn’t do that.
I guess if Orban wins the next election-Hungary would leave the EU and join Belarus, Russia, China and North Korea in a new union that would be named the Dictatorship Union.
Hungary respects the wishes of the people of Belarus. There is nothing wrong in helping anyone from Belarus. Mario and Anonymous never learned that it is never good to interfere or condemn people without total familiarity. Geopolitics is interesting but it takes a lot of education and work to understand its nuances.
I think that is was stupid for Lukashenko to cheat to get 80% of votes when he would have probably had 60% easy. It was a stupid unnecessary election fraud. Lukashenko didn’t need to steal votes and it didn’t change the election outcome. Hard to figure.
However, the EU and Biden’s communist democrats have no moral authority to criticize and sanction Belarus for election fraud. They are trying to steal the Hungarian election in favor of Soros-CIA backed anti-Hungarian opposition. That is election fraud and raw interference in Hungary’s internal affairs. Biden will never be a legitimate President. Votes must be earned, not stolen.
The democrats always cheat but never as much and as brazen as they did to steal the election from President Trump. They stole the election to destroy the American democracy, the American Constitution and America. They do it before our eyes.
On behalf of Switzerland’s request Hungary gave visa to that guy. Don’t blame Hungary.