{"id":45591,"date":"2026-02-17T03:11:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:11:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/plenkovic-rejected-hungarys-request-for-russian-oil-transit-through-the-croatian-pipeline\/"},"modified":"2026-02-17T03:11:29","modified_gmt":"2026-02-17T03:11:29","slug":"plenkovic-rejected-hungarys-request-for-russian-oil-transit-through-the-croatian-pipeline","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/world\/plenkovic-rejected-hungarys-request-for-russian-oil-transit-through-the-croatian-pipeline\/","title":{"rendered":"Plenkovi\u0107 rejected Hungary's request for Russian oil transit through the Croatian pipeline"},"content":{"rendered":"

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 rejected Hungary's and Slovakia's request for Russian oil transit, accusing Budapest of manipulation. Hungary called Croatia an "unreliable transit country" seeking a monopoly.<\/p>\n

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Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 expressed skepticism regarding Budapest's and Bratislava's official request to allow the transportation of Russian oil by sea through the Adriatic pipeline. This was reported by Bloomberg, writes UNN.<\/p>\n

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The Croatian leader emphasized that Zagreb does not intend to become a tool for circumventing sanctions and supporting the region's energy dependence on Moscow, especially after the cessation of transit through the Druzhba oil pipeline. Hungary and Slovakia, which previously received exemptions from the US and EU to purchase Russian raw materials, are now trying to find alternative routes after the cessation of supplies through Ukrainian territory.<\/p>\n

Political confrontation around the JANAF oil pipeline<\/h2>\n

The Croatian government insists that the capacity of the JANAF oil pipeline is entirely sufficient to supply Hungary and Slovakia with non-Russian oil, but Budapest deliberately ignores this possibility. Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 accused the Hungarian authorities of manipulation and "war profiteering," emphasizing that Croatia is ready to be a reliable partner only in the matter of diversifying energy sources.<\/p>\n

Hungary supports US peace efforts in Ukraine, Orb\u00e1n said16.02.26, 14:00 \u2022 3012 views<\/p>\n

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This is an absolutely false version by the Hungarian authorities and the MOL company, which completely distorts the facts. Janaf has all the capabilities to supply the necessary crude oil, but Hungary continues to cling to cheaper Russian sources, citing a lack of alternatives that actually exist.<\/p>\n

\u2013 stated Andrej Plenkovi\u0107.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hungary's reaction and accusations of monopolism<\/h2>\n

Hungarian Foreign Minister P\u00e9ter Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3 sharply reacted to Zagreb's position, calling Croatia an "unreliable transit country" that is trying to profit from the crisis by raising tariffs. The Hungarian side claims that Croatia is hindering the free market in order to establish a monopoly over the energy sector of neighboring states.<\/p>\n

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Croatia is actually trying to profit from the situation. They want to prevent us from buying Russian oil to secure a monopoly over Hungary and make even more money from us.<\/p>\n

\u2013 emphasized Szijj\u00e1rt\u00f3.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hungary and Slovakia demand Croatia open an alternative route for transit of oil from Russia bypassing Ukraine15.02.26, 23:02 \u2022 13038 views<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 rejected Hungary's and Slovakia's request for Russian oil transit, accusing Budapest of manipulation. Hungary called Croatia an "unreliable transit country" seeking a monopoly. Croatian Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovi\u0107 expressed skepticism regarding Budapest's and Bratislava's official request to allow the transportation of Russian oil by sea through the Adriatic pipeline. This […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":45592,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-45591","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-world"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45591","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45591"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45591\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/45592"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45591"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45591"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/agooka.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45591"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}