“Hungary is negotiating with Russia and Ukraine to maintain gas supplies, despite the fact that Russian gas is currently imported through the Turkish Stream pipeline, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday.”, — write: epravda.com.ua
Hungary is negotiating with Russia and Ukraine to maintain gas supplies, despite the fact that Russian gas is currently imported through the Turkish Stream pipeline, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Saturday. This is reported by Reuters. Orban added that he does not want to abandon the route through Ukraine. The pipeline, which runs through Ukraine, is one of the last major routes for Russian gas to Europe, but it is due to be shut down later this year because Kyiv does not want to renew a five-year transit agreement that sends gas to Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Austria.Advertisement : “We are now trying a trick… that if the gas, when it enters the territory of Ukraine, would no longer be Russian, but would be owned by the buyers,” Orban said on “Thus, the gas that enters Ukraine will no longer be Russian, but will be Hungarian.” This year, Hungary imported about 7.5 billion cubic meters of Russian gas through the Turkish Stream pipeline and additional volumes through Romania Orban, domestic gas production is about 1-1.5 billion cubic meters.