Hungary's Russia-friendly leader is urging the European Union to lift all sanctions on Russian fossil fuels to remedy spikes in energy prices caused by the war in the Middle East.
Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, considered the Kremlin's closest partner in the EU, said in a video posted to social media on Monday that he'd sent a letter to European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen after “oil prices began to grow explosively.”
The Iran war, now in its second week, has ensnared places that are critical to the production and movement of oil and gas from the Persian Gulf, leading to price surges on global markets.
