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Millions Seized by Hungary From Ukrainian State Bank Employees
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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Sijjarto said that the situation with the seizure of currency and gold carried by the collectors of Sberbank is a matter of national security of the country. Budapest also suggests a possible link between these funds and interference in Hungarian elections.
According to the minister, the longer it takes to reopen the oil pipeline, the more thorough investigations are needed.
According to the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, the Hungarian authorities acted in an unacceptable and disproportionate manner when they detained seven employees of the Ukrainian state savings bank, Oschadbank, and two cash-transport vehicles in Budapest on March 5, 2026. The ministry said in a statement on Monday that the vehicles were transporting high-value cash and gold from Vienna to Ukraine under an international contract, based on an agreeme…
Hungary grossly violates rights of Ukrainian cash-in-transit employees: handcuffs, blindfolds, medical aid only after loss of consciousness, pressure, and absence of lawyer
Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has declared unacceptable and inadequate actions by the Hungarian authorities, calling them a cynical violation of international obligations, including the European Convention on Human Rights, the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, and the Ukrainian-Hungarian Consular Convention, following the detention of seven employees of JSC State Savings Bank of Ukraine (Oschadbank) on March 5, 2026.
Minister János Lázár admitted that the seizure of Ukrainian money was not accidental and linked it to the Druzhba oil pipeline. Kiev speaks of state blackmail.
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