Sky-high prices and electricity shortages could hit Hungarians within “weeks” after Kyiv imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory.
Hungary is racing against time to avoid power outages and fuel shortages after Ukraine imposed a partial ban on Russian oil passing through its territory.
Kyiv last month imposed sanctions blocking the transit of pipeline crude sold by Moscow’s largest private oil firm, Lukoil, to Central Europe — partially negating an exemption to sanctions set up by the European Union to give Russian-reliant countries extra time to wean off supplies.
Ukraine’s aim is to throttle a key source of revenue for the Kremlin’s war chest more than two years after its full-scale invasion of the country.
But the move is sparking fears of supply shortages in Budapest, which relies on Russia for 70 percent of its oil imports — and Lukoil for half that amount.
在基辅部分禁止俄罗斯石油通过其领土后，匈牙利可能在“数周内”内遭遇高昂的油价和电力短缺。
在乌克兰部分禁止俄罗斯石油通过其领土后，匈牙利正在争分夺秒地避免停电和燃料短缺。
上个月，基辅实施了制裁，阻止莫斯科最大的私营石油公司卢克石油公司向中欧销售的管道原油过境——部分否定了欧盟为给予依赖俄罗斯的国家额外时间减少供应而设立的制裁豁免。
乌克兰的目标是在全面入侵该国两年多后，扼杀克里姆林宫战争基金的一个主要收入来源。
但此举引发了布达佩斯对供应短缺的担忧，布达佩斯 70% 的石油进口依赖俄罗斯——而卢克石油公司占其进口量的一半。
