US Ambassador to Hungary: We are concerned by the Hungarian government's continued close relations with Russia

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appointed last September, announced that he would be holding a press conference at 5pm on Wednesday afternoon. In recent months, the US has taken offence because of the following:the Hungarian government's obstruction of EU decision-making on sanctions in order to benefit Russian oligarchs and people in the inner circle of the Putin regime;the delay in Finland's accession to NATO and delaying Sweden's joining to the same;Hungary's continued maintenance of economic relations with Russia, in the form of cementing Russian dependence on gas, which is difficult to justify economically, as well as maintaining the Hungarian state's stake in the International Investment Bank, which is also seen as a financial front for Russian intelligence;and, of course, the Russian propaganda pouring out of Hungarian state-owned media, which has a tangible impact on Hungarian society's perception of the war in Ukraine. Minister at the Prime Minister's Office, Gergely Gulyás commented on it saying that the US embassy had launched a pro-war campaign

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