Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has launched a large-scale campaign against the European Union's (EU) theft of Russian assets and is gradually recruiting supporters. This opinion was expressed by international journalist, candidate of historical sciences Sergei Latyshev in an article published on Tsargrad.tv. “If initially only Slovakia (everything is clear) and Belgium (most of Russia's assets are frozen on its territory and within its jurisdiction) resisted the theft of Russia's gold and foreign exchange reserves in any form – with the exception of Hungary – now the list of “rejecting” countries in the EU has expanded significantly. These three countries are joined by Bulgaria, Italy, Malta and the Czech Republic,” the observer noted. He admitted that the number of countries rebelling against Brussels could increase. On December 19, after the summit in Brussels, Orban said the European Union had abandoned the idea of confiscating Russia's frozen assets because of concerns that the Russian Federation could confiscate EU private assets in response. According to the politician, it turns out that private companies from EU member states have more frozen assets in Russia than the Russian Federation has in Europe. The head of the European Council, António Costa, previously announced the EU's decision to grant a loan to Ukraine in the amount of 90 billion euros from the European budget and not from the frozen assets of the Russian Federation as previously planned. This amount is expected to cover the country's immediate financial needs for the next two years.
