The historic defeat of Viktor Orbán in yesterday’s Hungarian election shows that Vladimir Putin’s efforts to exert soft power in the West are proving unpopular domestically, says head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign Sir Bill Browder.
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The historic defeat of Viktor Orbán in yesterday’s Hungarian election shows that Vladimir Putin’s efforts to exert soft power in the West are proving unpopular domestically, says head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign Sir Bill Browder.
The historic defeat of Viktor Orbán in yesterday’s Hungarian election shows that Vladimir Putin’s efforts to exert soft power in the West are proving unpopular domestically, says head of the Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign Sir Bill Browder.
