National Defence committee  There's one demographic issue that is important to note. Russia has the wrong demography. Only 20% of the Russian population is between the ages of 21 and 40, and that is, typically, the most value-added dynamic part of any economy; the most hard-working, motivated people who are

National Defence committee  Can I say something more broadly on the issue of the peripheries? The question of Transcarpathia was raised. In my view, Mr. Orbán, for all of his difficult behaviour, is not coordinating with Russia; he's playing his own internal nationalist game. Only 10% of the population of T

National Defence committee  As a transition, I want to say the forthright stance that NATO has taken by more forwardly deploying its troop presence has also raised the confidence among Ukrainians that NATO is an important ally. For decades, the public was suspicious of NATO because of old Soviet-era hango