Hungary against ban on Russian energy imports - PM

Hungary will not allow sanctions to be imposed on oil and gas supplies from Russia.

That's according to Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, Ukrinform reports, citing CNN.

"While we condemn Russia’s armed offensive and we also condemn the war, we will not allow Hungarian families to be made to pay the price of the war; and so the sanctions must not be extended to the areas of oil and gas," Orban said.

According to him, restrictions against Russia's oil and gas sector will represent a “disproportionately large burden” for Hungary.

Orban added that most of Hungary’s oil and natural gas imports come from Russia, and 90% of Hungarian families heat their homes with gas.

According to him, the country's economy “simply cannot function" without Russian oil and gas.