Orban again became a hostage of Putin's intrigues/Photo from Facebook by Lana Zerkal
When Putin turned off oil to Orban, he simply pointed to his real place. A convenient feature of the owner of the Kremlin.
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Orban on a short leash
If he wants, he will ask to do the dirty work. And if he wants to, he will. I won’t retell the joke about the handy little thing and the frog princess, but look, it’s appropriate.
When Hungary secured an “exemption” from the oil sanctions package, they were warned that it would not end well. Orban took my warnings as a threat and even demanded a guarantee against an “accident”. Here it is for Hungary, and for the Czech Republic, and for Slovakia, which depend on supplies through the oil pipeline.
They will be able to survive this, Europe has where to get fuel, but we should not gloat. We need to help the drug-addicted country, dependent on one oil supplier, get off this needle.
How to re-educate the Hungarians
We must understand that the Hungarians will work for Russia and Putin is irrelevant to whether they do it with pleasure or under duress. Putin does not care about Orban's humiliation, the main thing is that the little thing shouts about the dangers of sanctions.
The right decision would be to promote the diversification of supplies. And here we have something to offer. We have an excellent Odessa-Brody oil pipeline, which connects to Druzhba. After winning and unlocking the port of Odessa, we will be able to fill it with oil for “Friendship”.
And then Hungary will have access to various oil suppliers. And will be able not to depend on Putin's tricks. And we may even become friends with the Hungarians.
