The Wizard of the Kremlin review: Jude Law lends gravitas to this clunky drama
Too often the film feels like a prestige television series compressed into an unwieldy feature length
Russia
Russian strikes kill at least 17 across Ukraine in worst attack this year
Some 100 people wounded in Kyiv, Odesa and Dnipro as Volodymyr Zelenskiy urges no lifting of sanctions
Donald Trump must heed Pope Leo’s words, not admonish his wisdom
Roman historian Tacitus made apt criticism of conquerors who create a wilderness and call it peace
Hungary after Orbán: the daunting work of dismantling a captured state
The country has become beholden to former premier’s oligarchs and Russian interests, experts warn
Hungary’s prime minister-elect accuses foreign minister of shredding confidential EU files
Péter Magyar said he would rebuild relations with Europe and end the country’s ties to Russia
Viktor Orbán stifled the press at home and cultivated media friends abroad
He showed how the international illiberal right could survive inside a liberal democratic alliance
Echoes of 1989 as Hungarians deliver crushing defeat to Orbán
Budapest erupted into celebration after a landslide vote, with scenes recalling the last heady moment when Hungary felt history turning.
Russia and Ukraine trade accusations of Orthodox Easter ceasefire violations
Both sides reported more than 1,000 drone and shelling attacks after the 32-hour truce began on Saturday
Lara Marlowe: A far-right victory in France would be a win for Putin and Trump
The RN’s challenge for the next year is to bring on board the bulk of the right, the traditional right as well as their hard core far-right supporters
Putin declares 32-hour ceasefire in Ukraine war for Orthodox Easter
Moves follows proposal by Volodymyr Zelenskiy from earlier this week to obverse pause in fighting during celebration
‘We see you’: Britain claims it rumbled ‘secret’ Russian plot to interfere with subsea cables
UK’s defence secretary John Healey says covert Russian submarines have left location near UK territorial waters after being tracked for over a month
Orban re-election would force a rethink of how EU takes decisions
Outcome of viciously fought election in Budapest has big implications for the EU’s foreign policymaking
‘Russia is a threat to everyone’: Moldovan president on election interference and EU aspirations
Maia Sandu met Taoiseach and President during visit to Dublin on Wednesday
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