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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Wed May 6, 2026, 02:36 PM 22 hrs ago

Hungary returns a seized cash and gold shipment worth $82 million to Ukraine [View all]

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — A shipment of Ukrainian cash and gold worth around $82 million that Hungary seized earlier this year has been returned to Ukraine's state Oschadbank, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday.

The seizure of the valuables, which were being transported through Hungary by two armored cars when Hungarian counter-terrorism authorities detained them on March 5, caused outrage in Ukraine, where officials accused Hungary's pro-Russian government of acting illegally, and of using the seizure as a tool in Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s anti-Ukraine election campaign.

The neighboring countries had already been in a bitter feud over Hungary’s access to Russian oil through a pipeline that crosses Ukrainian territory.

But on Wednesday, Zelenskyy wrote on social media that the return of the valuables represented “an important step in relations with Hungary” after Orbán was defeated in a landslide election last month that has raised hopes the incoming government will pursue a less antagonistic policy toward Kyiv.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/hungary-returns-seized-cash-gold-152332379.html

Pooty Poot misses Orban.

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K & R................. Lovie777 22 hrs ago #1
Bet Orban was holding it for Trump. no_hypocrisy 22 hrs ago #2
Oh, bravo! tanyev 21 hrs ago #3
Pay heed, grifters orangecrush 20 hrs ago #4
Elections do have consequences. Sometimes good ones. paleotn 19 hrs ago #5
This message was self-deleted by its author paleotn 19 hrs ago #6
OMG! sheshe2 19 hrs ago #7
Good job Hungary! liberalla 18 hrs ago #8
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