The European Union freed Hungary from the ban on Russian oil imports. Prime Minister Viktor Orban announced this on his Facebook page..

" Hungary is freed from the oil embargo,” Orban summed up briefly.

Recall that on the eve of the EU countries finally reached a consensus on the issue of a partial ban on the import of Russian oil. In addition, they also managed to agree on sanctions against Sberbank, which will soon be disconnected from the international SWIFT system..

As for Hungary, it remained against the imposition of new sanctions against Russia until the very end.. Orban repeatedly demanded energy guarantees from partner countries for his state and finally achieved that the embargo would not apply to the transfer of oil through pipelines.

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Earlier, Volodymyr Zelensky said that internal disputes in Europe only encourage Russia to push more.

From the very beginning of the Russian invasion of the territory of Ukraine, Hungary took a loyal position towards the aggressor country. While verbally condemning Putin's war, Viktor Orban distanced himself in every possible way from EU sanctions and said more than once that an oil embargo against Russia should not be imposed.. Why should Hungary maintain constructive relations with the Russian Federation and what interests are pursued by local authorities? About this in the article by Vladimir Kravchenko “Why Orban plays along with Putin?