Hungary’s foreign minister said on Saturday the European Commission’s decision not to mediate in a dispute over a blockage of oil supplies from Russia via Ukraine into his country suggested that Brussels was behind the stoppage.

Hungary and its neighbour Slovakia have been protesting since Ukraine put Russian oil producer Lukoil on a sanctions list in June, stopping that company’s oil from passing through Ukrainian territory to Slovak and Hungarian refineries.

The assertion from Hungary’s Peter Szijjarto, which he made without providing evidence, came a day after the European Commission declined a request from Hungary and Slovakia for it to mediate between them and Ukraine over the sanctions.

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  • @[email protected]OP
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    42 months ago

    Sorry, I pasted the text from the article (the original link links to a Reuters page which describes Lukoil as you can see). I deleted this link now.

    • @cheese_greater
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      Haha that was my other thought, that should be a new meme or whatever. Opens new tab