Hungary and Slovakia’s oil blackmail over Druzhba backfires, exposing alternatives to Russian crude, hitting MOL, straining EU ties, and revealing political alignment with Moscow openly. On February 20, Hungary’s government said it would block the allocation of a €90 billion EU loan to Ukraine until supplies of Russian oil via the Druzhba pipeline are restored. This is not the first […] The post Playing on Putin’s Team: Why the Shutdown of Druzhba Forced Orban and Fico to Go All In appeared first on EMPR.media – Ukraine News & Global Updates .