Quote Originally Posted by wanderlust View Post
Can't believe you're citing Fascist News as an independent source. They are the mouthpiece of the far right that Orban is appealing to

Anyhoo it seems you should be more concerned about the economic impact of Putin's war on Hungary than on the West, as whilst we are heading for huge inflation and CPI rise here, it's forecast to be a 4% higher rise in Hungary - >17%. A lot of Hungarian people are going to struggle and the poor - like here - will bear the brunt.

I am concerned about it Wander.The stupid sanctions which Orban opposed saying they would be self harming are causing the price increases not the war.He was right yet again.
Fortunately for us Hungary is not considered an "unfriendly nation" as we have not supplied weapons or allowed weapons to transit Hungary.This means our gas and that of Serbia will not be cut off which arrives via the Turkish Stream and is arriving as agreed in the long term contract.We store the gas for Russia`s ally Serbia because they do not have the storage capacity required.
Our foreign minister recently went to Moscow to secure a further 700m m3 to make up for gas that we are not receiving from our alternative suppliers via Austria because of the problems with NS1
My gas bill is just over £30/month because of this and the government subsidy for people with a large family(3 children or more).Power generation in Hungary is also largely gas powered therefore our electric bill is also cheap around £80 but I am having solar panels fitted so that wil be zero in a couple of months.
We have food prices capped at October 2021 level for basic items(milk,chicken breast,pork loin,sugar,bread,cooking oil etc) but other foodstuffs have increased about 20-30% in the last 12 months.
Petrol is also capped at £1/litre for Hungarian registered private cars.
Therefore I am slightly worried but if as promised Putin does sanction the unfriendly countries from September I think you should be much more worried because the people in the those "unfriendly" nations will see a drop in their standard of living not seen since the Second World War.
As you can see the government here are doing the best they can to shield the population but there is only so much they can do.Do you get any subsidies from your government?