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Hotline to the Kremlin: How Hungary Colluded With Russia to Weaken EU Sanctions

ID: 7c04f174-ccc0-51cc-9293-cdc4f35c4aa0

STIX ID: report--7c04f174-ccc0-51cc-9293-cdc4f35c4aa0

Feed Name: Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project

Date Published: 2026-03-31

Date Updated: 2026-03-31

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The report details how Hungary (notably Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó), often alongside Slovakia, repeatedly delayed, extracted exemptions from, or vetoed EU sanctions packages from 2022–2026—allegedly coordinating with Russian officials to remove banks and entities from sanction lists and to preserve Russian energy imports—leading to accusations of sharing confidential EU information with Moscow and domestic backlash against Szijjártó.

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