U.S. President Donald Trump's administration will reconnect Russia with the economies and energy networks of Western countries if the war in Ukraine, now nearly three years old, comes to an end, Hungary's nationalist prime minister said on Friday.
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a joint press conference with Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leader Alice Weidel in Budapest, Hungary, February 12, 2025. REUTERS/Marton Monus/File Photo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Russia will be "reintegrated" into the world economy and the European energy system once a peace deal is achieved and the war ends in Ukraine,
Speaking at an annual State of the Nation address in Budapest to a closed circle of party members and supporters, Orbán described Ukraine as a buffer zone between Russia and NATO countries, and predicted that,
The Trump administration is facing widespread criticism for aligning with authoritarian regimes—including Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and Hungary—by opposing a United Nations resolution condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine.
Slovakia and Hungary have been delivering gas withdrawn from storage and also received via the TurkStream pipeline from Russia
Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán believes U.S. President Donald Trump will reintegrate Russia into the Western economy and energy sector if the Ukraine war ends
Hungary will not consent to rushing ahead with the extension of sanction on Russian individuals at the European Union's foreign ministers meeting on Monday, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto wrote in a Facebook post on Monday.
Chief of the Defense Intelligence of Ukraine, Kyrylo Budanov, stated that the leadership of the Russian Federation sees its country as an empire similar to the Soviet Union but with the Warsaw Pact countries.
"I know that there are people from this Hungarian leader who have contact with people in President Trump's orbit, and are constantly raising questions... in regards to not expanding NATO into eastern Europe,
Hungary seeks to remove eight individuals from the EU's Russia sanctions list and demands new guarantees on Ukraine gas transit discussions before consenting to sanctions renewal. Despite the EU's need for unanimous agreement to extend sanctions,