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#Belgium blocks EU’s €140B loan plan using frozen russian assets, trapping Ukraine’s $8B IMF loan.

Belgium profits €1.7B in taxes from these assets, delaying aid as #Ukraine faces a 25% GDP deficit.

EU/IMF approval hinges on Belgium’s veto, risking Ukraine’s financial stability.

https://euromaidanpress.com/2025/11/03/ukraine-imf-loan-trapped-belgium-frozen-assets/

Hungary's foot-dragging on russian oil crashes into reality

by Victor Jack

Budapest claims alternative supplies from Croatia are expensive and incapable of meeting its needs - which experts and Zagreb dispute.

https://www.politico.eu/article/hungary-foot-dragging-russian-oil-crashes-reality-croatia-sanction