Hungarian opposition call on govt to close Russian consulate

(27 Mar 2018) A Hungarian opposition figure on Tuesday said the country should close the Russian consulate in the eastern city of Debrecen.
Tamas Soproni, board member of the opposition Momentum Movement, also called for a ban on Russian propaganda in Hungary.
He was speaking outside the Russian embassy in Budapest, in the wake of the Skripal poisoning scandal in the UK that the West has blamed on Russia.
He said Hungary should terminate the contract for Russia's expansion of Hungary's only nuclear power plant and said all details of Russia's loan of 10 billion euros (approx. 12.3 billion US dollars) for the project should be made public.
Britain and Russia have expelled 23 of each other's diplomats since the March 4 attack on Russian former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in the English city of Salisbury.
British Prime Minister Theresa May says 23 other countries have expelled more than 115 Russian diplomats, including 60 kicked out by the United States.
Russia denies responsibility and has vowed a "tough response" to the expulsions.
The Momentum party's candidates are mostly in their 20s and 30s and their biggest success so far came last year when they thwarted Hungary's plans to bid for the 2024 or 2028 Olympic Games.

Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork
Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/


You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/f102d4bc11855369dff31eefc44119fa

Тэги:

#AP_Archive #4146313 #f102d4bc11855369dff31eefc44119fa #Hungary_Russia #Theresa_May #Hungary #Eastern_Europe #Budapest #Russia #United_Kingdom #Western_Europe #Government_and_politics

Скачать видео