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Jennifer Rankin
The EU is debating whether to water down a ban on Russian oil imports to placate Hungarys leader, Viktor Orbán, who is blocking the latest European sanctions against Vladimir Putins war machine.
Under a compromise, the EU could ban Russian oil arriving on tankers but allow pipeline imports, a proposal that would allow Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic to continue being supplied via the Soviet-era Druzhba pipeline that runs through Ukraine.
More than three weeks after the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, proposed a complete ban on Russian oil imports to the EU by the end of the year, the bloc is stalled on the plans. Hungary, which is heavily dependent on Russian oil, has said it needs five years and billions of euros to upgrade its refineries.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/live/2022/may/29/russia-ukraine-war-battle-in-donbas-indescribably-difficult-says-zelenskiy-live#block-629373c88f082b0174c57e17
Saboburns
(2,807 posts)He is the perfect Republican.
rurallib
(62,451 posts)Voltaire2
(13,194 posts)TheRealNorth
(9,500 posts)andym
(5,445 posts)who serves as a model for conservative Neo-nationalists across the world including those in the GOP. He has control of the media in Hungary, which should be seen as a blueprint for like-minded individuals.
PlanetBev
(4,104 posts)A goose-stepping, jack-booted, side-car riding, brown-shirted Nazi.
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