The official reason for the visit was Kantor's activity as the chairman of the European Jewish Congress (ECŻ)at the forefront of which he stood again after a break of several years, after removing from it EU and Swiss sanctions.
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Conversation of the Russian oligarch with Orban. Unofficial reports
According to the message, the ECSA talks in Budapest concerned above all “Strengthening European coordination in the fight against anti -Semitism” and “Protection of Jewish communities in the face of increasing radicalization and extremism”.
After the March decision of Brussels to remove the oligarch from the sanction list Poland imposed its own restrictions on the cantor. Warsaw argued then that The Russian businessman is still playing an important role in Putin's surroundings and is a real threat to the security of the region.
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Who is Wiaczesław Mosze Kantor?
Kantor, born in 1953 in Moscow, has been maintaining close relations with the Kremlin for years. He is the owner of Russian, Israel and British citizenship, and he lived in Switzerland and Great Britain for years. In 2012, he tried to take over Polskie Azoty Tarnów through the Acron chemical group belonging to him. His assets in the Azoty Group were frozen in July 2023.
As the president of Eku Kantor, he became famous for, among others The organization of the World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem in 2020, during which Russian President Vladimir Putin accused Poland of co -responsibility for the outbreak of World War II. The meeting with Orbán again drew attention to Budapest's close relations with Moscow – at a time when the European Union tries to maintain sanction pressure towards Russia.
