Hungary ranks second in EU by value of Russian gas imports in August

Hungary rose to second place among EU countries by the value of Russian natural gas imports in August 2026, according to RIA Novosti calculations using Eurostat data.

In calculations published on October 16, RIA put France's Russian liquefied natural gas imports at 247.8 million euros, down 32% from July.

Hungary bought 229.3 million euros of pipeline gas, up 34% from the previous month. Greece increased the value of its purchases by 35% to 178.2 million euros, taking third place.

Bulgaria ranked fourth at 164.6 million euros, an increase of 39%. Belgium imported 121.2 million euros of Russian LNG, down 35% from July.

In separate calculations based on Eurostat data, TASS put total EU imports of Russian pipeline gas in August at about 679 million euros. It also identified Hungary, Greece and Bulgaria as the largest buyers in that category.

The other importers named by RIA were the Netherlands at 117.3 million euros, Slovakia at 106.5 million and Spain at 91.2 million. Their purchase values rose three-and-a-half-fold, 19% and 17% respectively from July.