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Hungary’s embargo exemption is another gesture toward autocracies

By James Sweet

Published May 31, 2022 8:04pm ET

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Hungary’s embargo exemption is another gesture toward autocracies — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, greets Russian President Vladimir Putin upon his arrival in Budapest, Hungary, Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

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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