Hungary demands that the EU lift sanctions against nine Russian oligarchs: who exactly are we talking about

Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs Péter Szijjártó stated that Budapest demands the lifting of European Union sanctions on a number of Russian oligarchs. He announced this in an interview with a Russian propaganda agency, reports UNN.

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According to him, it is about lifting sanctions on 9 Russian oligarchs. Among them are Alisher Usmanov, Mikhail Fridman, Dmitry Mazepin, etc. The head of the Hungarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs added that three people have already been excluded from the sanctions list, including the Minister of Sports of the Russian Federation Mikhail Degtyarev and Dmitry Mazepin's son, Nikita.

"We are talking about people who, in our opinion, should not actually be on the lists from a legal point of view," said Szijjártó.

Remind

Hungary had previously threatened to block the EU from extending sanctions against about 2,000 Russians if oligarch Mikhail Fridman was not removed from the list. Last year, Fridman filed a lawsuit against Luxembourg, where his stake in the London-based investment company LetterOne is located, demanding $15.8 billion in damages related to the sanctions.