On December 2nd local time, Hungarian Foreign Minister Szijjártó visited Moscow, Russia. It is reported that after meeting with Deputy Prime Minister in charge of energy affairs Alexander Novak and several heads of large energy companies, Szijjártó expressed that natural gas and oil from Russia are crucial to ensuring Hungary's energy security. Szijjártó stated that the United States has put the Russian natural gas industry banks on the sanctions list, putting Central and Southeastern European countries that use Russian energy in a difficult situation. (CCTV)