The Hungarian government wants to remove the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, from the sanctions list.
Hungary blocks the signing of the oil embargo against Russia in the final stretch. Hungarian online portal “hvg.hu” reported on Wednesday, citing independent media reports. The reason for the veto is that the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, Patriarch Kirill, is on the EU sanctions list of people who have been banned from entering the country and frozen their assets.
The Hungarian government wants to remove the name of Kremlin supporter Kyrill from the list. Cyril I is the head of the Russian Orthodox Church and a close confidant of Russian President Vladimir Putin. At the special EU summit in Brussels on Monday night, the European Union agreed to a sixth package of sanctions, including an oil embargo against Russia, which has been controversial for weeks.
(APA)