The agreement on the Sixth sanctions package European too Russia Risk of being postponed again. And all by appointmentRussian oil embargo Transported by ship, it revolves around the figure of the Patriarch Kirillinserted into the blacklist from people close to you Kremlin and affected by EU measures, according to the latest draft emerging from the summit Brussels. To get in the way again, theHungary out Viktor Orban.
Budapest it had led those countries requesting an exemption from the Moscow oil embargo, mainly because of its heavy dependence on Kremlin crude oil. And his position had led to concrete results: With coastless countries that were temporarily exempt from the freeze, the agreement seemed to be working Sixth sanctions package European u To fly it should only be formalized. Instead, the meeting of Ambassadors of the 27 EU Member States has ended and a new convening is expected precisely because Hungary has asked to remove the Russian Patriarch from the sanctions list. It is therefore necessary to start a new negotiationbut the convening of the meeting, diplomatic sources explain, is currently difficult to pin down and it will be up to the French Presidency to dictate the timing of the new convocation.
In the sanctions scheme, which ended on the meeting table, Kirill and other Russian figures were blacklisted from people and entities believed to be involved in the Russian military operation in Ukraine. Religiosity has been spoken of on more than one occasion because it has it “blessed” the invasion ordered by Wladimir Putin and also for trying to justify Moscow’s expansion plans in the country Volodymyr Zelenskyy. So much so that it is considered one of the voices of the Kremlinwith a special hold on the believers, which also caused a further distancing Ukrainian Autocephalous Church.
It is not yet clear what were the reasons that prompted Viktor Orban to start this new struggle inside the US EU Council. When it comes to the issue of oil supplies from Russia, Budapest rightly asked for guarantees, which were given heavy dependence on crude oil from Moscow and the impossibility of access to the sea as well Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria and Luxembourg, the position taken on the character Kirill seems to have more of a political value linked to the good relations between Hungary and Russia than an economic one. Nor can it be seen as a question of internal stability, since the Hungarian population of the Orthodox religion is less than 1% of the total population.