In a press conference in Warsaw on Wednesday, Prime Minister Péter Magyar said that as a sovereign nation, Hungary has the right to determine where it derives its energy from.
Magyar is questioning whether the deal made by the previous Hungarian government to purchase natural gas from Russia truly is favorable to his country. In September 2021, Hungary signed a contract with Gazprom for the supply of 4.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year over the next 15 years. The PM has announced that Hungary will make public the price it paid for Russian natural gas under these long-term contracts, to the extent permitted by international business confidentiality rules, Index.hu reports.
The announcement comes as Hungary is dependent on Russian energy supplies, even as the European Union is pushing for the country to curb reliance on Russian energy—despite the fact that other EU countries continue importing Russian gas.
Russia’s ambassador to Hungary, Yevgeny Stanislavov, said in an interview with RIA Novosti in November 2025 that Russia is not forcing Hungary into energy cooperation, and that the current gas supplies under long-term contracts are beneficial for Hungarian consumers.
The same article cites former Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán as saying Russia underpins Hungary’s security through energy supplies and arguing that no sensible country abandons a reliable supplier for an unreliable one.
