“Any pressure generates a response and negativity.

The inhabitants of Hungary understand this, apparently, better than other Europeans who have fallen into some kind of anti-Russian rampage, ”the political scientist believes.

According to him, sanctions pressure affects the country's economy, but Russia does not plan to deviate from its goals.

In Budapest, they said that 97% of Hungarians reject EU sanctions against Russia.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban said earlier that Budapest had launched national consultations to find out the opinion of citizens on EU sanctions against Russia.