Budapest
Joe Biden's administration is losing patience with the Hungarian authorities, who refuse to align themselves with NATO's pro-Ukraine position.
"We are concerned about the Hungarian leadership's continued eagerness to establish ever closer relations with Russia, despite its brutal aggression against Ukraine,"
US Ambassador to Budapest David Pressman told a conference. quite unusual press release on Wednesday.
As a result, the International Investment Bank (IIB), led by Russia but quarter-owned by Hungary and whose headquarters moved to Budapest in 2019, was added to the US sanctions list.
“The presence of this opaque Kremlin platform in the heart of Hungary threatens the security and sovereignty of the Hungarian people, of its European neighbors and of its NATO allies”, justified the diplomat
.
This concerns its Russian president, Nikolay Koszov, its Hungarian vice-president, Imre Laszloczki…
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