US Ambassador to Hungary David Pressman, at a press conference convened on the day of the announcement of new US sanctions in connection with the Russian invasion of Ukraine, said that Washington is concerned about the rapprochement of Hungarian authorities with the Russian Federation. Telex reports..

" Close economic cooperation with Russia fuels the Russian war machine and threatens the security of the transatlantic alliance." US Ambassador David Pressman.

Half an hour before the US ambassador's press conference, the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury announced the imposition of sanctions against a dozen individuals and companies associated with Russia.

Among them is the International Investment Bank, a Budapest-based lending institution with almost 50% Russian ownership and no Hungarian oversight..

Under the sanctions of the United States also fell a subsidiary of IIB - "

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The day before, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijarto visited Moscow to discuss energy issues with Russia. As the minister noted, he will hold talks with Russian Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Alexander Novak and Rosatom CEO Alexei Likhachev, which will relate to the transportation of gas, oil and nuclear fuel..