Tuesday, February 16, 2016

Balancing Act: Hungary Treads a Delicate Line Between Russia and the EU

 
Keeping a foot in both camps can be tricky.

No-one knows that better than Viktor Orban, prime minister of EU-member Hungary, who visits Moscow on Wednesday for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Budapest has maintained close ties with the Kremlin at a time when the rest of Europe has given Russia the cold shoulder.

After Moscow’s intervention in Ukraine, the European Union and United States imposed economic sanctions on Russia in July 2014, targeting its energy, banking and defense sectors. Moscow swiftly responded with retaliatory measures, imposing an embargo on meat, fish, dairy, fruit and vegetables from the EU and US. 

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Source: Euronews

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