The Solidarity Ring project: Part 2
Should the US and EU allow this hybrid operation to enable Gazprom sales, billions of dollars will continue to fuel the Kremlin war machine.
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Author: Ilian Vassilev
The Solidarity Ring project: Part 1
Turk Stream upgraded: Same people, same goals This week’s gathering of the region’s energy notables in Sofia will advertise and
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Bulgarian elections: Forward to the past?
The results of last weekend’s parliamentary elections in Bulgaria show, on the surface, a pretty clear verdict. Faced with a
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A new Comintern – and a new Vasil Kolarov?
Russia has unveiled a new weapon to be used in its propaganda and hybrid warfare efforts: the International Russophile Movement.
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The world after Ukraine—Part 2: Winners, the Loser-in-Chief, and winning the peace
Ukraine is on the way to winning the war. But it must bear in mind constantly that it needs also to win the peace. That means securing the earliest possible transition of power in the Kremlin, as the best guarantee of long-term peace and security on Ukraine’s eastern borders.
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The world after Ukraine—Part 1: Russia’s failure and Russia’s choice
Peace will prevail only if Mr Putin and/or his successors are deprived of the capacity to attack their neighbours.
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Rumen Radev looks east—Part 1: Of history, track records and nuclear fuel
As Vladimir Putin’s Russia loses ground in Ukraine and is ever more isolated internationally, Bulgaria’s president Rumen Radev is curiously
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Talking dirty
What is Russian president Vladimir Putin up to in Ukraine now? Nothing clean, you can be sure. After eight months
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Vladimir’s last throw – and why it won’t work
In memoriam Vasko Nachev The recent declaration of “partial mobilization” in Russia means that Vladimir Putin is reacting to the
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Downfall: The last days of Vladimir?
Russian president Vladimir Putin has failed in Ukraine and his vaunted army is in undignified retreat. His failure and the
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