Hungary wants to remove eight individuals from the European Union's Russia sanctions list and receive fresh guarantees on Ukraine gas transit talks before agreeing to renew the restrictions, EU diplomats said.

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban speaks during a joint press conference with Alternative for Germany (AfD) party co-leader Alice Weidel in Budapest, Hungary, February 12, 2025. REUTERS/Marton Monus/File Photo BUDAPEST (Reuters) - Russia will be "reintegrated" into the world economy and the European energy system once a peace deal is achieved and the war ends in Ukraine,

The US joined Russian allies Belarus, Hungary and Nicaragua in voting against a condemnation of the 2022 invasion.

The Trump administration is facing widespread criticism for aligning with authoritarian regimes—including Russia, North Korea, Belarus, and Hungary—by opposing a United Nations resolution condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine.

EU diplomats say that Hungary wants to remove 8 individuals from the European Union’s Russia sanctions list, and to receive new

Speaking at an annual State of the Nation address in Budapest to a closed circle of party members and supporters, Orbán described Ukraine as a buffer zone between Russia and NATO countries, and predicted that,

Slovakia and Hungary have been delivering gas withdrawn from storage and also received via the TurkStream pipeline from Russia

Hungary is threatening to withhold its approval for extending E.U. sanctions against Russia if the union doesn’t lift sanctions against eight Russian nationals. European diplomats relayed the demands to Reuters on Tuesday without identifying the Russians in question.

Hungary will not consent to rushing ahead with the extension of sanction on Russian individuals at the European Union's foreign ministers meeting on Monday, Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto wrote in a Facebook post on Monday.

Washington voted against a UN resolution condemning Russian aggression against Ukraine because it contradicted U.S. efforts to bring both sides to the negotiating table, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio told Breitbart News on Feb.

"I know that there are people from this Hungarian leader who have contact with people in President Trump's orbit, and are constantly raising questions... in regards to not expanding NATO into eastern Europe,