ABSTRACT The meeting between Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Moscow on 28 November 2025 crystallizes a structural contradiction at the heart of the European Union’s Russia policy: while most member states seek to phase out Russian fossil fuels, Hungary is deepening a highly asymmetric but mutually beneficial energy partnership … Leggi tutto Between Sanctions and Dependency: Hungary’s Strategic Energy Relationship with Russia in the Orbán–Putin Moscow Talks of 2025