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EU ambassadors are not sympathetic to Budapest’s and Bratislava’s complaints about Kyiv blocking the flow of Russian pipeline oil, Politico reported on July 29, citing behind-the-scene talks among European diplomats. Hungary and Slovakia turned to the EU earlier this month as Ukrainian sanctions effectively halted the supplies from the Russian Lukoil company to the two Central European countries via the Druzhba pipeline. Hungarian and Slovak officials complained that Kyiv was violating its association agreement with the EU and asked the European Commission to intervene. Both countries have als…

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