If Orban blocks sanctions, frozen assets will have to be returned to Russia — Tsakhkna

Europeans should deprive Hungary of the right to vote. This was stated by Estonian Foreign Minister Margus Tsahkna, according to the magazine "Spiegel".

According to the Estonian minister, if Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban blocks the extension of anti-Russian sanctions in June, then not only will their validity expire, but the European Union will have to transfer 240 billion euros of frozen assets to Russia.

Tsakhkna urged Europeans to take a tougher stance against Orban and added that in order to prevent a split in Europe, it is also possible to deprive Hungary of the right to vote, UNIAN reports.

As reported by EADaily, the authorities of Switzerland, which is not a member of the EU and NATO, but relies on a common policy for the West, clarified the amount of Russian assets held in the status of "withheld" or "frozen". We are talking about $8.38 billion and 14 real estate objects, as stated in the data published by the State Secretariat for Economics (SECO).