MOSCOW, Jan 20 (Reuters) - Russia's largest oil producerRosneft has started oil supplies to Hungary andSlovakia via the Druzhba pipeline, expanding its exposure toglobal markets after recent acquisitions, three industry sourcestold Reuters on Friday.
Rosneft declined immediate comment.
Rosneft is supplying the oil via Glencore, thesources said.
Glencore is now a Rosneft shareholder after it together witha Qatari fund acquired 19.5 percent in the Kremlin-controlledproducer recently.
Trading sources told Reuters that Rosneft will supply 80,000tonnes of oil via the route to each of the countries this month,while supplies will total 500,000 tonnes in January - March. (Reporting by Olga Yagova; Writing by Vladimir Soldatkin;Editing by Alexander Winning)