Orban explained his unexpected decision

"We have removed everything that was bad for Hungary," the country's Prime Minister assured.

As Viktor Orbán noted, despite the fact that this decision "continues a sanctions policy that is fundamentally wrong," it "does not affect Hungary negatively."

He believes that the amount that the Hungarian economy lost in the war ranges from 20 to 30 billion euros.

However, the pro-Russian politician did not specify how much of this he attributes to EU sanctions against Russia.

As mentioned earlier, on the morning of October 23, EU authorities finally approved the 19th package of sanctions against Russia by written procedure.

The final approval of the sanctions package was hindered by Slovakia's position, which demanded that the European Commission take into account its reservations regarding cars with internal combustion engines and the regulation of energy prices.