Rejecting a lifeline
The recent decision of Bulgarian President Rumen Radev’s caretaker cabinet to turn down the US company Cheniere’s offer of seven
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Author: Analyses & Alternatives
Russia-EU confrontation: the worst is yet to come
“The only thing that we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.” – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich HEGEL
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A tale of two gambles
Copyright by Shutterstock/RosnaniMusa) As German chancellor, Angela Merkel gambled by accepting Russian geopolitical risk. It’s now clear that she lost
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Gazprom’s Empire strikes back
The report of the “Mitov Commission” on April’s cut-off of gas supplies by Russia’s Gazprom is due to be published
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In an unprecedented move, Bulgaria expels 70 Russian diplomats
The Government of Bulgaria expels 70 diplomats, agents of the Russian secret services, from the Embassy of the Russian Federation
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Who pushed Petkov?
The overthrow of Kiril Petkov’s government can hardly be called unexpected. There has been a time bomb within the governing
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Green peace in Ukraine?
Photo by: © Axel Heimken / Greenpeace Ilian Vassilev The climate lobby seeks the soonest possible end of the war
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Of crude oil derogations and discounts
Ilian Vassilev For quite some time, the interests of Lukoil’s trading arm Litasco have been at the centre of a
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Rouble trouble
Russia – the risk you just can’t mitigate There’s been a lot of hand-wringing recently about Russia’s decision to insist
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After Vladimir’s War
As murderous war still rages in Ukraine, the outcome still unclear, Russia is already working out how to win the
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