The contract for the transit of Russian gas through Ukraine is a little over a week away from expiration. However, two EU countries - Slovakia and Hungary - do not want to lose critical supplies and are counting the losses if the route is lost. Contents ...

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has said that European leaders must acknowledge the need to change their strategy regarding Ukraine.

Hungary is negotiating with Russia and Ukraine to maintain gas supplies even though Russian gas is now being imported through the TurkStream pipeline, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said on Saturday, 21 December.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said that Budapest is in talks with Russia and Ukraine on keeping open gas shipments via Ukraine even though its Russian gas imports now come via the Turkstream pipeline.

Russian President Vladimir Putin met Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico in the Kremlin on Sunday, a rare visit by a European Union leader to Moscow as a contract allowing for Russian gas to transit through Ukraine nears expiry.

The Kyiv Independent reported that Zelensky's announcement comes on the heels of Ukraine's parliament confirming on September 5 Andrii Sybiha as the new foreign minister after Dmytro Kuleba's resignation. It is all part of "a shift in Kyiv's diplomatic team amid the ongoing challenges posed by war," the outlet said.

The EU has a non-binding goal of stopping all Russian energy imports by 2027. “The end of Ukraine transit could speed up this decoupling, and would also imply a loss of $6.5 billion annually for Russia, unless it can redirect these flows to other pipelines or LNG terminals,” Bruegel said.

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said Friday that European leaders must acknowledge the need to change their strategy regarding Ukraine. In comments to Hungary’s ...

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Hungary imported approximately 7.5 billion cubic metres of Russian gas through the TurkStream pipeline, with additional imports via Romania.

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