BUDAPEST – Hungary has struck an agreement with Gazprom to buy and store its 2020 gas supplies earlier than usual this year to offset the risk of Russia failing to agree transit terms with Ukraine, state news agency MTI reported on March 21.
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Reuters: Hungary to buy 2020 gas supplies early from Russia
A picture taken on Dec. 2, 2008 shows a local worker controlling a gas valve and its pressure in the main gas center of FGSZ Natural Gas Transmission Closed Company Limited in the town of Vecses, some 20 kms from Budapest.
