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Russia Suspends Visa Free Entry for Hungarian Diplomats

Dániel Deme 2023.03.03.

The Russian news agency TASS have reported on March 2 that the government in Moscow has suspended visa free travel for Hungarian diplomats. The move could dispel any myths about a “cozy” relationship between Budapest and Moscow, as often suggested in mainstream media outlets.

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The report says that “the Russian government has suspended an agreement with Hungary allowing visa-free travel on diplomatic passports until Hungary addresses certain violations of provisions of the bilateral agreement, says a decree posted on Thursday to the official Internet portal of legal information.

According to the decree, the agreement, signed in 2001, is being suspended “with regard to Hungarian citizens holding diplomatic passports until Hungary rectifies the violations of its commitments under this agreement or until it is terminated.”

The Russian Foreign Ministry was instructed to inform its Hungarian counterparts regarding the decision. There were no reasons listed why the sudden decision was made in the Kremlin, but the EU has already suspended visa-free entry for Russian diplomats to its territory as far back as August 2022.

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