00:01Russian President Vladimir Putin handed over two prisoners of war to Hungary during a visit by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter
00:08Siharto to Moscow.
00:10The two prisoners, who hold both Hungarian and Ukrainian nationality, had fought in the Ukrainian army and had been held
00:18in Russian captivity.
00:19Both boarded the Hungarian government's aircraft shortly after Siharto concluded his talks with Putin.
00:26In 2023, Russia released 11 Hungarian nationals from captivity following a request by the Hungarian government.
00:35Budapest has been a vocal critic of what it describes as the forced conscription of Hungarian nationals into the Ukrainian
00:42military.
00:43Ukraine is home to around 100,000 ethnic Hungarians, the majority of whom also hold Hungarian passports.
00:51Beyond the prisoner of war issue, the Hungarian delegation also discussed energy imports from Russia.
00:58Hungary is one of the last EU member states to continue importing pipeline oil and natural gas from Russia.
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