Hungary asked the United States to make an exception to sanctions against Gazprombank

“Yesterday we submitted a request to the competent US authorities to grant Gazprombank an exemption from sanctions relating to payments for natural gas,” Szijjártó said.

According to him, this would not be an “unusual situation”, since several Russian banks “already have such an exception when paying for the supply of uranium to the United States.” The minister added that the US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken, expressed his willingness to “consult with allies for whom sanctions create problems.”

Hungary receives most of its gas from Russia thanks to long-term contracts with Gazprom: in 2022, 4.8 billion cubic meters of gas entered the country through the Turkish Stream gas pipeline and its branches, in 2023, 5.6 billion, and in 2024, millions. – 6.2 billion, writes TASS.

It was previously known that Türkiye is also negotiating with the United States exceptions to sanctions against Gazprombank. The country’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Alparslan Bayraktar, explained that without help Ankara will not be able to pay for Russian gas.

The US Treasury imposed sanctions against Gazprombank in mid-November. Together with him, the state corporation Dom.RF, Primsotsbank, BKS Bank and other companies were included in the SDN list of the American department. In total, restrictions were introduced against about 100 individuals and legal entities.