FACTBOX: What is known about situation around oil supplies via Druzhba pipeline

BUDAPEST, February 13. /TASS/. Russian oil supplies to Slovakia through the Druzhba oil pipeline have been suspended, Bloomberg reported, citing the Economy Ministry of the country. Earlier Hungarian media reported disruptions in crude oil transportation through the pipeline running through Ukrainian territory.

TASS has compiled the main information on the situation.

Ukraine blocked supplies of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary to create difficulties for the Hungarian government ahead of parliamentary elections, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Economic Relations Peter Szijjarto said following reports in Hungarian media about the pipeline's oil flows being blocked from going through Ukrainian territory.

Russian oil supplies to Slovakia via the Druzhba pipeline have been suspended, Bloomberg reported, citing the republic's Economy Ministry.

- Hungarian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Economic Relations Peter Szijjarto said that Ukraine had blocked supplies of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline to Hungary to create difficulties for the government ahead of parliamentary elections. He noted that the Ukrainian authorities hope to give a leg up to the Hungarian opposition party Tisza, which seeks to take over power from the ruling party Fidesz - Hungarian Civic Union.