Serious warning from the EU: Hungary violates sanctions if it pays in rubles for Russian gas
We have analyzed Putin’s decree, and the legal case is very clear. What Putin is proposing – changing the euro to a ruble and then resolving the gas bill – would be a breach of sanctions. If you do that, that is, you pay in rubles, you are violating the sanctions, you are evading the sanctions against Russia
Said von der Leyen.
Viktor Orban indicated that Hungary would be willing to pay in rubles for Russian gas Vladimir Putin Russian president has signed a decree requiring unfriendly countries to pay in rubles for gas.
So far, Hungary has stuck to sanctions, so until we see the last one, there is no problem. We have never seen the European Union so united, so determined, so fast. And I think every member asks the question, do I want to be the first to break up this unit? I do not think so
Said von der Leyen.
Viktor Orbán said at the international press conference on Wednesday:
We have no problem paying in rubles. If the Russians ask, we will pay in rubles.
Ukraine said on Thursday that it considered the Hungarian prime minister’s statement to be unfriendly to the Ukrainian state.
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