Rui Pinto: “More interested in Szijjártó, Varandas, Benfica talks” | OneFootball

Rui Pinto returned today to the subject of his detention, in January 2019, in Hungary, while commenting on X about the controversy involving Péter Szijjártó, who has been criticised in Brussels and in the European press over alleged frequent ties with Russia’s Foreign Minister, Sergei Lavrov, including the sharing of information about EU meetings. On the matter, he wrote: “Nothing that surprises me. But I confess I am more interested in the conversations between Péter Szijjártó, Varandas Fernandes and other Benfica officials,” it can be read.

It should be recalled that the Portuguese whistleblower was arrested in Hungary, in Budapest, in January 2019, following a European arrest warrant, and was accused by the Portuguese courts on suspicion of crimes such as attempted extortion, breach of secrecy and unlawful access to computer systems.

After his detention in Hungary, Rui Pinto was extradited to Portugal in March 2019, where he was placed in the custody of the Portuguese authorities and was eventually tried in several proceedings linked to the Football Leaks case.

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