By Peter G. Feher*
WASHINGTON, D.C. | 26 August 2024 (IDN) — Ukraine blackmails Hungary and Slovakia in a vile way. The quarrel between Hungary and Slovakia, as well as Ukraine, has been going on for more than two months. Indeed, on June 24, without any prior warning, Kyiv prohibited the privately owned Russian oil company Lukoil from exporting oil to Hungary and Slovakia through its territory.
The decision came as a shock to the two countries. Hungary obtains 33 percent of its oil needs, and Slovakia obtains 45 percent, from this Russian company. After the announcement of the…