US president Donald Trump greeting Hungary’s prime minister Viktor Orban at the White House on Friday Photograph: AP
Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orban has said his country has received an exemption from US sanctions on Russian energy after a meeting in the White House with US president Donald Trump.
It is an allowance that will keep Russian oil and gas flowing to Hungary in a sign of the close affinity between the two leaders.
Mr Orban, a long-time Trump ally, had come to Washington seeking to convince the president to allow Hungary to continue importing Russian oil and gas without being subject to sancti
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