Viktor Orban ordered seizure of Ukrainian gold shipment for political reasons, media reports

rbc.ua

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The raid on the Oschadbank convoy on March 5 near Budapest was not a random check, but a pre-planned political operation with a specific perpetrator. RBC-Ukraine reports this, citing an investigation by the Hungarian publication Telex. Orban names the date Hungarian journalists have discovered that the decision to conduct the raid on March 5 was made personally by then-Prime Minister Viktor Orban, without any legal basis.

Novinky.cz

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Former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, according to his successor Péter Magyar, personally ordered the detention of the Ukrainian “golden convoy” on Hungarian territory in March. Orbán’s Fidesz party has denied the accusation.

censor.net

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Investigative journalists of the Hungarian newspaper Telex claim that the order to detain Ukrainian collectors and withdraw funds from Sberbank near Budapest was given on March 5 by the then Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban.

Die Presse

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At the beginning of March, the Hungarian anti-terrorist unit TEK stopped two Ukrainian money transporters coming from Austria at a gas station and confiscated the transported money and gold.