Hungary’s Foreign Minister, Péter Szijjártó, contradicted, on Saturday 26 August, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs Josep Borrell’s assertion that European sanctions against Russia are effective.
In a speech at the Tranzit political festival, the minister said that the sanctions policy had failed and that it had harmed Europe.
“We didn’t bring the Russians to their knees, that’s clear. The Russian economy may not be in its most brilliant year or...