It has become a pawn to their cruel and selfish plans.”ĭespite the pomp of the parade, Putin cuts an increasingly isolated figure. “The Ukrainian nation has become hostage to a coup which led to a criminal regime led by its Western masters. “Western globalist elites still talk about their exceptionalism, pitting people against each other and splitting society, provoking bloody conflicts and coups, sowing hatred, Russophobia, aggressive nationalism,” he said. While Russia sees “no unfriendly nations in the West or in the East,” Putin suggested darker forces are conspiring against Moscow. “Again, a true war has been unleashed against our motherland.” “Today, civilization again is at a breaking point,” Putin said. Flanked by surviving veterans of what Russia still calls the Great Patriotic War, the Russian president cast himself as savior and defender of an embattled Russia targeted by the “globalist elites” of the West.

In a speech before the assembled troops, Putin drew a direct line between his invasion of Ukraine and the sacrifices of World War II. He succeeded only in underscoring his geopolitical isolation. As the years pass and some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history unfold outside the hotel’s doors, Rostov’s reduced circumstances provide him entry into a much larger world of emotional discovery.For Russian President Vladimir Putin, this year’s Victory Day parade in Red Square was a chance to continue his war on history. Spared immediate execution, he is banished to an attic room in the opulent Hotel Metropol and threatened with death if he sets foot outside again. The plot follows Rostov in the aftermath of the Russian Revolution, who finds that his gilded past places him on the wrong side of history. Hille ( I Hate Suzie Too) will play Anna’s dresser and confidante Olga. Ahluwalia ( Consent, Sex Education) is bartender Audrius, who enables the copious drinking that takes place at the hotel.īalogun ( Dune, I May Destroy You) will be Mishka, the Count’s best friend from university who loves his sister.

Salem ( Coupez, Abou Leila) will be Andrey, the Maître d’ of the Hotel Metroil’s Boyarsky restaurant, and Haraldsson ( Lamb, The Witcher) plays head chef and irascible genius Emily.

Harris ( Without Sin, This is England ’86) is conflicted secret police officer Osip, Goodall ( The Devil’s Hour, Lockwood and Co) is the Count’s unlikely young friend Nina and Heffernan ( Becoming Elizabeth, The Pursuit of Love) plays bloodless bureaucrat Bishop. Harvey, who was BAFTA-nominated for AppleTV+ drama Foundation, plays wise hotel chamber maid and single mother Marina, while Motherland and The Terror actor Ready plays sensitive former prince Petrov, a friend of the Count. Mary Elizabeth Winstead already has been cast to star opposite the Star Wars and Trainspotting actor as glamorous, self-made film actress Anna Urbanova. RELATED: 2023 Showtime Pilots & Series Orders

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