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Hungarian foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, was given Russia’s prestigious Order of Friendship last December — two months before Russia's invasion of Ukraine (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

Hungary seeks to buy more gas from Russia

Hungary wants to buy close to a billion cubic metres of Russian gas, its foreign minister Péter Szijjártó said on Thursday (21 July) during a rare visit from a top EU official to Moscow since Russian invaded Ukraine in February.

"In the current international situation, the most important thing for us is to ensure Hungary's energy security. Therefore, I would like to talk and reach an agreement today on increasing the current volume of gas delivered to Hungary from Russia," Szijjártó tol...

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

Hungarian foreign minister, Péter Szijjártó, was given Russia’s prestigious Order of Friendship last December — two months before Russia's invasion of Ukraine (Photo: consilium.europa.eu)

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Eszter Zalan is a Hungarian journalist who worked for Brussels-based news portal EUobserver specialising in European politics, focusing on populism and Brexit.

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