Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said that sanctions against Russia have not only failed to achieve their goals but also destroyed the competitiveness of the European economy.
"It’s time to talk about sanctions! Did they bring the war to an end? No. Did they cripple the economy? No. Did Europe manage to replace Russian energy from other affordable sources? No. The sanctions engineered by the Brussels bureaucrats achieved one thing: they destroyed the competitiveness of the European economy. The time for change has come!" Orban said on X late on Tuesday.
Moscow has repeatedly stated that the country would cope with the sanctions pressure that the West has been exerting on Russia. Russian President Vladimir Putin said that the policy of containing and weakening Russia was a long-term strategy of the West, and the sanctions have dealt a serious blow to the entire global economy.