Druzhba oil pipeline Hungary Russia
© ReutersThe Druzhba oil pipeline between Hungary and Russia is pictured at the Hungarian MOL Group's Danube Refinery in Szazhalombatta, Hungary, May 18, 2022
Amid the fresh round of sanctions imposed by the European Union, the partner nations are trudging their own line. Reportedly, Hungary and EU hopeful Serbia are planning to construct a pipeline between the two countries so that Russian oil from the southern Druzhba pipeline, also called the Friendship pipeline can be supplied to Serbia via Hungary.

Hungarian government spokesman Zoltan Kovacs took to Twitter to make the announcement and cited the new sanctions imposed as one of the main reasons that necessitated the new arrangement.

"@avucic and PM Orbán have agreed to build an oil pipeline to Hungary. The new oil pipeline would enable Serbia to be supplied with cheaper Urals crude oil, connecting to the Friendship oil pipeline," tweeted Kovacs

"At present, the country's oil supply is largely via a pipeline through Croatia, but this is unlikely to be possible in the future because of the sanctions that have been adopted," he added.


Hungary has been one of the few voices within the EU that has been against energy sanctions as the country remains heavily reliant on Russian oil.


Comment: Most countries in the EU are heavily reliant on Russia energy supplies, it's just that their pathological and incompetent leaders have chosen to destroy their economies and impoverish their citizens to appease their masters in the US.


Ahead of the EU imposing the eighth round of sanctions earlier this month, Hungary's Prime Minister's Office, in a statement said it cannot support them.


Comment: Eight rounds of sanctions and the result is the threat of looming, rolling blackouts, civil unrest, and crashing economies - one could be forgiven for thinking that, for some in the EU, this is intentional.


"Hungary has done a lot already to maintain European unity but if there are energy sanctions in the package, then we cannot and will not support it," said the office.

Notably, in August, Russian oil giant Transneft claimed that Ukraine had suspended oil pipeline flows to countries such as Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech Republic citing payment issues.

Reportedly, the Druzhba pipeline had remained halted since August 4 and Hungary had lodged strong protests even then.

European countries have tried to present a united front against Russia, however, whenever the situation has turned a little pear-shaped, they have backtracked.

The war has been going on for months and yet the European continent has only been able to reduce its combined gas dependency on Russia by a tiny five per cent. Last year, Russia provided a whopping 40 per cent of Europe's total consumption of natural gas.