Rosalind Mathieson

The mutiny by the Wagner mercenary group may have been brief, but it raises fundamental questions about Russian President Vladimir Putin’s grip on power. It also has ramifications outside Russia’s borders.

NATO was set up in the aftermath of World War II for several purposes, among them ensuring a European war could not happen again and keeping the Soviet Union at bay. Seventy years later, French President Emmanuel Macron declared it brain dead — out of date and out of touch.

From the moment Yevgeny Prigozhin announced his plan to march with his mercenaries on Moscow to protest Russia’s failures in its war against Ukraine, he was probably living on borrowed time.

All roads no longer lead to Rome. They lead to Beijing.

Hungary seeks to build a third terminal, Economy Minister says Qatar Investment Authority may join new consortium, Nagy says

Hungary is prepared to lift its veto on a massive European Union funding proposal for Ukraine in return for billions in financing the bloc has been withholding from Budapest over democratic backsliding, Prime Minister

Hungary Sees ‘Horrible' Economic Fallout Without EV Subsidies

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