Go to the media bankThe building of the Hungarian Parliament on the banks of the Danube in Budapest. File photoBUDAPEST, Sep 15 EU sanctions against Russia are a weapon that has been fired in the opposite direction, as a result of which Europe has become poorer, and the Russian Federation has become richer, said Alexandra Szentkyraji, a spokesman for the Hungarian government. became poorer, and Russia became richer. This weapon fired in the opposite direction, Europe shot itself in the foot with sanctions,» Szentkirayi wrote on social networks. Earlier, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that 11,000 sanctions were imposed against Russia, but they did not succeed success, and the resulting inflation and energy shortages could bring Europe to its knees. According to him, Europe needs to change its sanctions policy, because otherwise the situation will be difficult, the continent itself makes its own life more expensive and complicates the situation of its own industry. His political adviser, Balazs Orban, said that the sanctions imposed by the European Union against Russia did not live up to expectations, therefore, they will probably be revised in the new political season. The representative of the Hungarian Foreign Ministry, Tamas Menzer, also said that a revision of the EU sanctions policy can be expected in the autumn, since with the onset of cold weather, «reality knocks on every door» in Western Europe. According to a poll by the Szazadveg Public Opinion Research Center, more than 70% of Hungarians believe that anti-Russian sanctions harm Europe, including Hungary.
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