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Hungary's Orban defies EU by promising to go on buying Russian oil

Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, on 28 November 2025. © Alexander Nemenov / Reuters

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban defied Brussels on Friday by promising Russia's President Vladimir Putin he would keep buying Russian oil, despite the EU's push to isolate Moscow over its invasion of Ukraine.

Orban met Putin at the Kremlin in the midst of a diplomatic push to end the war in Ukraine, his fourth meeting with the Russian president since the 2022 invasion.

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