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Mr Orbán himself has been a consistent advocate for his native Hungary, and his conservative populist policies have often brought him into conflict with the European Union. Breitbart London reported in August that the Hungarian and Italian leading parties were considering forming an anti-mass migration populist front for the forthcoming European elections to challenge the direction of travel for the bloc led by Angela Merkel and Emmanuel Macron.

Mr Orbán said at a press conference in Italy of his plans that: “European elections are coming. We have to change a lot of things… There are two sides at the moment in Europe. One is led by Macron, who is supporting migration. The other one is supported by countries who want to protect their borders. Hungary andRUSSIA Scientists demand end to new curbs on foreign contacts Tweet



The scientists, many of whom represent some leading Russian universities, made an official statement on 19 November during the last meeting at the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), demanding that the Russian government cancel the existing order on the grounds that a “free exchange of scientific ideas” is an important condition for the development of science in Russia.



“The legislation of the Russian Federation imposes lots of restrictions on scientists working on some closed issues. But additional restrictions are not allowed. In this regard, the RAS General Assembly insists on cancelling the order.”



The order, which was officially sent by the Russian Ministry of Education and Science to various domestic scientific organisations and higher education institutions back in July, was