Russian oil embargo, Orban: "It would be like an atomic bomb on the Hungarian economy"

The European Commission's proposal to

sparked the reaction of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban. 

"

they want to drop on the Hungarian economy," Orban told Kossuth radio.

According to the Hungarian premier, the country would not be able to replace Russian oil imports even in the 20 months envisaged for Hungary. 

“Based on our calculations, we need

, so there's no point in postponing a year or a year and a half,” he said on the radio.

"Return to sender", she urged. 

Budapest supported previous EU sanctions packages.

"But - she said - even then we said that there is

, it is the energy sector". 

According to Orban, now the European Commission has "

emerged Europe" on Ukraine after the Russian invasion.       

The Hungarian president then said that the European Commission's proposal was presented "

." "Oil can only arrive in Hungary via an oil pipeline and for this reason a proposal that ignores this circumstance is an atomic bomb against the economy of the 'Hungary, ”he said. 

Oil can be obtained in other ways, he said, but it would be

.

"If the proposal is in Hungary's interest - he said again - we will be happy to discuss it".

The reply to the declarations of the President of Hungary came from the

: are sanctions against Russia “an atomic bomb for Orban?

All this is unacceptable ”. 

This is what he expressed in response to a question from journalists at the European conference The State of the Union in Florence.

"The diplomats of the 27 are working to

, so we could discuss how long it will take for an oil embargo, but linking the issue of sanctions to another dossier is unacceptable," explained Borrell.

"They want to tie the issue of the Russian oil embargo to

, and that would be a shame," Borrell added. 

“You can't tie everything together.

The oil freeze is the oil freeze.

They start by saying they agree and then ask for something else in return.

”, concluded the EU foreign minister.

Support for Orban came, however, from the vice president of the Russian National Security Council and former premier,

.

The Hungarian prime minister "took a

, he refused to support an energy embargo, which would be harmful to his country's economy, and insane sanctions against religious figures". 

According to Medvedev, reports the Russian agency Tass, "the most reasonable leaders of EU countries may have

" following the US.