EU to offer Hungary backroom deal on Russian oil supplies – Politico

Brussels is mulling concessions rather than pressure to put the bloc’s €90 billion loan to Ukraine back on track, sources have said

EU officials are prepared to offer Hungary a backroom deal on Russian oil supplies in order for Budapest to lift its veto on a controversial €90 billion loan for cash-strapped Ukraine, Politico has reported.

In an open letter to Ukraine’s Vladimir Zelensky on Thursday, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reiterated his accusations that Kiev is trying to oust him by triggering an energy crisis ahead of the parliamentary election in April. Orban argues that Ukraine is refusing to resume supplies of Russian crude…

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