Even though the US has imposed a huge tariff on India on purchasing Russian oil, there is also a NATO member country on which Trump’s Dadagiri is not running. This country is still buying 80 percent of its needs from Russia despite the ban. This country is Hungary.
Hungary fulfills its requirement of more than 80% of its crude oil from Russia. Because of this, it has become the most dependent country of NATO on Russia. Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Honor has clearly said that he will continue to buy oil-gases from Russia, even if his close friend Donald Trump You are putting pressure on him. He clearly told Trump that if the supply of Russian energy is stopped, then it would be a havoc for the Hungary economy.
50 percent tariff imposed on India
Meanwhile, America’s policy says something else. President Donald Trump put heavy tariffs up to 50% due to buying oil and weapons from Russia on India. Among them, 25% sentence was on every deal that was related to Russia. Western countries say that this money is running Ukraine war. India described these taxes as unfair and said that it will buy cheap oil for the safety of its 140 crore people. External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar has said many times that energy security cannot be sacrificed for politics.
Hungarian dependence on Russia
Hungary’s dependence on Russia is increasing further. According to the Atlantic Council report, Hungary used to take 61% crude oil from Russia before the war, which has now increased to 86%. Neighbor Slovakia takes almost all the oil from Russia. Both countries are still getting gas from Turkstream Pipeline, while the European Union promised to get rid of Russia’s energy in 2022.
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Trump told NATO’s weakness
Trump described the issue as the weakness of NATO. In the United Nations General Assembly, he said, China and India are funding the war by buying Russian oil, but the shameful thing is that NATO countries are still dependent on Russia. I got very angry when I heard. He taunted and said, these countries are funding the war against themselves. Trump says that unless all the NATO countries stop buying Russian oil together, there is no meaning of restrictions on Russia.
This is the reality
The reality is that Hungary is also weakening the unity of NATO by purchasing oil from Russia. Hungary claims that it has no other option, but was time to make options in three years. He further increased dependence on Russia and gave billions of dollars to Russia. The bitter truth for NATO is that one of its members is keeping Russia’s energy line alive.