"Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is heading to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin on crude oil and gas supplies for Hungary. Orban said he also intended to address peace efforts in Ukraine. Orban remains Putin's closest ally in the 27-member European Union despite the Russian full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly four years ago. Hungary is reliant on Russian energy. Despite EU efforts to cut dependence, nearly 19% of the bloc's gas imports came from Russia in 2025."
""Energy security and affordable, low energy prices in the winter in Hungary," he wrote in a Facebook post. "That's why we went to Washington, and that's why I'm going to Moscow now." Asked if peace efforts in Ukraine would also come up, Orban said, "We can hardly avoid that." Orban has previously said he wants to revive plans for a"peace summit" in Budapest between US President Donald Trump and Putin on Ukraine, which was shelved this year as fighting continued."
Viktor Orban is traveling to Moscow to hold talks with Vladimir Putin focused on crude oil and natural gas supplies for Hungary and to raise peace efforts regarding Ukraine. Hungary remains one of Putin's closest allies within the European Union and depends heavily on Russian energy imports. Nearly 19% of EU gas imports came from Russia in 2025. Orban emphasized energy security and affordable winter prices for Hungary, citing recent trips to Washington and Moscow. Hungary imported 8.5 million tons of crude oil and over 7 billion cubic meters of natural gas from Russia this year.
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