“Everyone knew that the Turkish Stream project had been implemented, that its continuation was being built on the territory of the Balkan countries, and now it was completed,” the expert said.
According to him, Hungary has never concealed that "it is going to buy Russian gas via a bypass route."
“We have known all this for several years, but for Ukrainian officials this is some kind of news.
Every day they learn something interesting for themselves.
It's strange to watch all this, ”concluded Pravosudov.
Earlier, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine said that Kiev was surprised and disappointed by Hungary's decision to sign a long-term contract with Gazprom to supply gas bypassing Ukraine.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry also claims that this decision does not comply with the principles of the Treaty on the Foundations of Good Neighborliness and Cooperation between Ukraine and Hungary of December 6, 1991.