The Hungarian Foreign Ministry named the conditions for blocking the 12th package of sanctions against Russia

Peter Szijjártó called measures against Russian energy, oil , gas and nuclear energy a red line. The Foreign Minister believes that restrictions are more harmful to the EU economy and sanctions should not affect those “who saved the lives of Hungarians” Peter Szijjártó

Budapest will not approve the 12th package of sanctions against Russia due to military actions in Ukraine if its adoption is contrary to the national interests of Hungary, the country's Foreign Minister Peter Szijjártó said in an interview with RIA Novosti.

“The red line for us is obviously energy, gas, oil, nuclear and any other aspect that could harm our state economy,” he said.

According to the minister, in general, Hungary does not see any point in continuing the sanctions policy towards Moscow: restrictive measures, even if “they can hit Russia and can harm IT,” are more harmful to the economies of European countries, Szijjártó believes.

As for personal sanctions, Budapest believes that they should not include those “who saved the lives of Hungarians, for example by making it possible to buy vaccines, or those who play an important role in ensuring the security of energy supplies.” According to Szijjártó, Hungary did not allow Deputy Prime Minister Denis Manturov to be included in the EU blacklist because he “helped save the lives of Hungarians during a Health emergency”; the same applies to Health Minister Mikhail Murashko and Head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev.

Sanctions against Manturov were imposed by Great Britain , Canada and the USA , Murashko is under Canadian restrictions, Dmitriev is under American ones.

Bloomberg reported on October 21 that consultations on a new package of EU sanctions will begin soon. According to the agency, it may include a ban on the import of Russian diamonds, further measures against circumventing sanctions and expanding the list of companies from third countries that help evade restrictions already imposed. Poland and the Baltic countries had planned to push ahead with restrictions on the nuclear industry, but the idea was met with resistance. Some EU countries proposed introducing additional sanctions against Russian liquefied natural gas.

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Russian authorities consider Western sanctions illegitimate. The Kremlin believes that the country has adapted to the restrictions, since “it has been living in this regime for decades.”