The Hungarian leader is bringing a large delegation to discuss energy issues, it is said. When he recently visited President Donald Trump in the United States, Orbán was promised an exemption from the sanctions now imposed on trade in Russian oil.
On his way to Moscow, he says in a video post on Facebook, explaining that it is about “energy security and low energy prices in the winter in Hungary.”
That's why we went to Washington, and that's why I'm going to Moscow now too.
The Hungarian delegation is expected to want to secure continued supplies of Russian oil and gas. However, continuing this trade without restrictions is causing outrage in the rest of the EU and the world, as Russian revenues finance the war of aggression in Ukraine.
However, the EU as a whole has not yet completely phased out purchases of Russian fossil fuels. The goal is to do so within a year or so.
