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Zelensky says it’s “shameful” for European countries to worry about energy cost increases!
Without a clear alternative in place, the deal that allows Central European nations to buy Russian gas via Ukraine will be allowed to expire at the end of the year.
Putin said.
Ukraine has refused to directly renegotiate the deal. According to Zelensky, it is “shameful” for countries to worry about energy cost increases when the conflict in Ukraine is ongoing.
Austria, Slovakia and Hungary disagree.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has publicly called for an arrangement to prolong the practice. And Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits Bulgaria this week, where he hopes to strike a deal to ensure continued access to supplies.
#EU #Ukraine #Fico #Orbán
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Without a clear alternative in place, the deal that allows Central European nations to buy Russian gas via Ukraine will be allowed to expire at the end of the year.
“This contract will no longer exist, that much is clear,”
Putin said.
“But that’s fine — we will survive, Gazprom will survive.”
Ukraine has refused to directly renegotiate the deal. According to Zelensky, it is “shameful” for countries to worry about energy cost increases when the conflict in Ukraine is ongoing.
Austria, Slovakia and Hungary disagree.
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has publicly called for an arrangement to prolong the practice. And Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán visits Bulgaria this week, where he hopes to strike a deal to ensure continued access to supplies.
#EU #Ukraine #Fico #Orbán
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