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..#AndriiSybiha accused #Budapest of “taking hostages and stealing money.” He then accused #Hungarian Prime Minister #ViktorOrbán of fabricating the scandal for political gain ahead of the parliamentary elections scheduled for April 12.👈
#The #Hungarian tax and customs administration said it had opened an investigation into the shipment, which consisted of $40 million and €35 million in cash, as well as 9 kilograms of gold. It also explained that one of those arrested was “a former general of..
HistoPol (#HP) 🏴 🇺🇸 🏴
..#the Ukrainian secret services.”
👉 #Oschadbank, #Ukraine's state savings bank, said its staff were transporting cash and gold between #Austria and #Ukraine on a “routine trip”👈 carried out by land due to air travel restrictions caused by the ongoing war. But #Orbán's political office director, #BalázsOrbán, expressed doubts about the shipment: “Armored vehicles full of cash and gold traveling through #Hungary is not how legitimate financial transactions usually work,” he wrote on #X. “The..
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...real question is simple: who is behind this money and what is it supposed to finance?”
👉The seizure follows a dispute over gas supplies, in which #Hungary and #Slovakia accused #Kiev of deliberately delaying repairs to a #Pipeline after it was hit by an apparent #Russian drone attack. In response, #Orbán vetoed further #EU sanctions against #Russia and an additional €90 billion loan for #Ukraine...👉
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