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Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) speaks with Russia’s energy giant Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller as they visit the Lakhta Centre skyscraper, the headquarters of Russian gas monopoly Gazprom in Saint Petersburg on June 5, 2024.

Four Years of Sanctions: Russia Endures, Europe Pays the Price

Javier Villamor February 24, 2026

Sanctions have reduced the Kremlin’s margins, but they have neither curbed its exports nor eased Europe’s energy crisis.

This picture taken on May 19, 2022 shows an endpoint of the oil pipeline Druzhba in Slovak refinery Slovnaft in Bratislava, Slovakia.

EU Commission Calls Emergency Meeting over Druzhba Pipeline Impasse

Javier Villamor February 20, 2026

The European Commission is accused of acting as “the Commission of Ukraine” in the dispute between Budapest, Bratislava and Kyiv.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán speaks at an anti-war rally in Hungary on February 6, 2026.

Hungary Accuses Ukraine of Election Interference Over Druzhba Oil Halt

TEC News February 19, 2026

“Zelensky has shut down the Druzhba oil pipeline. With this, he interfered in the Hungarian elections,” Viktor Orbán said.

Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó (L) at a press conference with his Ukrainian counterpart Dmytro Kuleba (R) and Ukrainian presidential chief of staff Andriy Jermak (C) in Verkhovyna, on January 29, 2024

Hungary Cuts Diesel Exports to Ukraine After Kyiv Blocks Russian Oil Transit

Eszter Balogi February 18, 2026

The Hungarian PM said Ukraine stopping the flow of oil through the Druzhba pipeline is a “calculated act of coercion.”