Hungary Seeks US Sanctions Waiver for Gazprombank Gas Payments

Hungary, which continues to receive Russian natural gas via pipeline, has asked U.S. authorities to exempt Russia’s Gazprombank from the sanctions when payments for natural gas are processed, Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said on Wednesday. “Yesterday we filed our request with the relevant American authorities that calls for Gazprombank being granted an exception from sanctions when it comes to payments for natural gas,” Szijjarto said at a briefing, as quoted by Reuters. Last month, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s…