Hungary has filed a lawsuit in the EU court against the ban on energy supplies from Russia.

Hungary has filed a lawsuit in the European Court of Justice against the ban of the European Union (EU) on the import of Russian energy resources. This was announced on February 2 by Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto.

"We protect the Hungarian people, we protect Hungarian families, and we will not allow Brussels to kill the tariff cuts. We continue to base the security of Hungary's energy supply and the continued reduction of tariffs on cheap Russian oil and gas," the MTI news agency quoted him as saying.

Szijjarto explained that the lawsuit demands the repeal of the Brussels REPowerEU decree prohibiting EU countries from buying Russian oil and gas. He called this decision legally unjustified, since it was adopted without the unanimous approval of all members of the union, and energy supply issues are within the national competence.

The Hungarian Foreign minister also said that the ban violates the principle of EU energy solidarity, endangering Hungary's security. The minister suggested that the trial will last about two years, and to complete it, the ruling party needs to win the upcoming elections.

"To bring this process to an end, we need to win the elections, because it is clear that on the other side are those experts from the international energy world who have previously lobbied to finally stop buying cheap energy from Russia, and to buy them more expensive from Western companies," he stressed.

Otherwise, according to Szijjarto, utility bills in Hungary could triple.

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On January 26, the EU Council approved a complete ban on the supply of Russian liquefied natural gas (LNG) from 2027. By March 1, 2026, European countries should prepare plans to diversify gas supplies and identify "potential problems" in replacing Russian gas.

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov stressed on January 28 that the EU's plans to abandon Russian gas are Europe's problem. He added that European countries are abandoning the most competitive Russian piped or liquefied natural gas and condemning themselves to dependence on a small number of US gas sources at very high prices.

Frank Kane, a business analyst and adviser to the Saudi Arabian Ministry of Energy, said on January 30 that Europe was facing difficulties in finding alternative sources of hydrocarbons after the refusal of supplies from Russia, which limits its energy policy options.

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