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The EU has imposed sanctions on most Russian oil imports. On Friday, a Commission spokesperson said there were no indications that Ukraine's sanctions had endangered European energy supplies, as ...
Following Russia's invasion of Ukraine in 2022, the European Union began reducing its dependence on Russian energy supplies. However, Hungary and Slovakia were granted special exemptions from the EU ban on pipeline-transferred Russian oil, which intended to allow landlocked countries such as the Czech Republic time to seek alternative energy ...
Hungary currently holds the presidency and has dragged its feet on sanctions. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban sparked a storm of criticism for meeting Russian President Vladimir Putin in ...
European Union ambassadors agreed a 15th package of sanctions on Russia over its war against Ukraine, targeting its shadow tanker fleet and Chinese firms making drones for Moscow, diplomats said.
In an interview on August 11, Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze, the president of the EU integration committee of the Ukrainian parliament, criticized the Hungarian-Russian relationship and said that the Hungarian government is indirectly helping Russia to kill the Ukrainians with its attitude while calling it politics.
As the European Union tries to impose sanctions on Russian oil over the war in Ukraine, Hungary has emerged as one of the biggest obstacles to unanimous support needed from the bloc's 27 member ...
Following the Russian military intervention in Ukraine in 2014, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán rejected imposing sanctions on Russia despite EU pressure. This has led to officials in the EU and NATO to accuse Hungary of being a "Trojan Horse", acting ultimately in the interests of Russia. [citation needed]
The U.S. imposed new sanctions on Russia's Gazprombank on Nov. 21, creating an obstacle for European buyers of Russian gas. Buyers have been using Gazprombank to make the payments, including a ...