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Hungary returns seized cash and gold shipment worth $82 million to Ukraine

The Independent·Justin Spike·6 months ago
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Ukraine has received a shipment of cash and gold, valued at approximately $82 million, which was seized by Hungary earlier this year, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy confirmed on Wednesday. The valuables, destined for Ukraine's state Oschadbank, were detained by Hungarian counter-terrorism authorities on 5 March while being transported in two armoured cars.

This incident sparked considerable anger in Kyiv , with Ukrainian officials accusing Hungary's pro-Russian government of acting unlawfully and leveraging the seizure as part of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán ’s anti-Ukraine election campaign.…

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