A photo taken on May 5, 2022 shows the receiver station of the Druzhba pipeline of petroleum between Hungary and Russia at the Duna (Danube) Refinery of Hungarian MOL Company located near the town of Szazhalombatta. ATTILA KISBENEDEK / AFP
Hungary on Thursday, October 2 announced a 10-year gas supply contract with French firm Engie, even as the European Union country continues to rely heavily on Russia for the fossil fuel. The central European nation has remained the Kremlin's closest partner in the EU despite its invasion of Ukraine and resisted calls to reduce its dependency on Russia to meet its energy needs.
The move comes as the Hungarian government has opposed a Brussels plan to end imports of Russian fossil fuels, with the bloc putting forward a plan aimed at phasing out liquefied natural gas (LNG) purchases from Russia by January 2027.
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