According to the Ukrainians, the Hungarian government transferred 343 million Hungarian forints to Poroshenko, who was supposed to meet Viktor Orbán.
The former Ukrainian head of state received the money a few days before his meeting with Viktor Orban. In the end, the Ukrainians did not allow him to cross the border.
Former Ukrainian president Petro Poroshenko and leader of the European Solidarity Party received more than 37 million hryvnia from the Hungarian government ahead of his planned but later failed meeting with Viktor Orban, The Guardian reports. 444. is Ukrainian News Agency UNIAN a report Based on.
The politician, who was recently suspected of treason, had traveled to the United States after his negotiations in Poland, but was not allowed to travel abroad due to a meeting with Viktor Orbán, about which he kept silent. According to the justification, they were afraid that the Russian intelligence services would use Poroshenko as a tool.
According to the UNIAN report, Poroshenko received money from two sources this year. The most important of these was the Hungarian Ministry of Finance, from which it received a total of 37,104,440 hryvnia, or more than 343 million Hungarian forints. According to the report, the Hungarian government transferred money to the politician a week before the planned trip.
The Hungarian government did not initially deny this, but Peter Szijjártó later confirmed that Poroshenko had indeed met with Viktor Orbán.
The newspaper contacted the Ministry of Finance about the matter, but they have not received a response yet.