Hungary’s Prime Minister Viktor Orbán was delighted to learn last week that Russia and the United States had chosen his country as the venue for another summit on ending the war in Ukraine.

President Donald Trump’s administration has announced new sanctions against Russia’s oil industry aimed at moving President Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table

Russian President Vladimir Putin criticized new U.S. sanctions against Russian oil companies but said they would not “significantly affect our economic wellbeing.” He also questioned President Trump’s decision to cancel a meeting in Hungary,