Trump opens the door for an exemption for hungary on russian oil sanctions the u.s President told hungarian prime minister viktor orbán that he is “looking at” absolving the central european. President donald trump exempted hungary from sanctions over the nation's purchase of russian gas and oil after meeting with prime minister viktor orban. Sanctions for using russian oil and gas, a white house official said on friday, after hungarian prime minister viktor orban. Despite a chummy relationship, new u.s Penalties on russian energy were likely to be a sticking point as president trump and prime minister viktor orban of hungary met.
Orbán, calling for continued energy trade with moscow, argued that hungary has limited alternatives as a landlocked nation dependent on pipelines.
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