Hungary has predicted that EU economic sanctions on Russia won’t be renewed after they expire in mid-2016.
Speaking alongside Russian president Vladimir Putin in Moscow on Wednesday (17 February), Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban said: “This year, by the middle of the year, there will be no easy way to prolong sanctions. More and more countries share this opinion.”
He noted that he is a “loyal member of the EU.”
He added: “I’m now stating the Hungarian position. But ot...
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