Hungary’s embargo exemption is another gesture toward autocracies

Published May 31, 2022 8:04pm ET



The European Union agreed on Monday to embargo 90% of all Russian oil imports by the end of the year. Earlier proposals included a total embargo on Russian oil, but Hungary led the charge for an exemption to the embargo and received it in the new agreement. The untouched 10% of EU Russian oil imports flow through the Druzhba pipeline and provide oil to Hungary, the Czech Republic, and Slovakia.

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