Botas-Bulgargaz Agreement – a Game-Changer?
Ilian Vassilev The recent agreement between Bulgargaz and Turkey’s Botas – on access to Turkish LNG terminals and to the
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Analyses & Alternatives
Talking the walk
Ilian Vassilev Russo-Turkish gas hub: already operating? As the EU prepares its ninth package of sanctions against Russia, Bulgarian headlines
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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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Mr Radev looks East—Part 4: Of nuts, bolts and grand strategy
The first three ( 1, 2, 3) parts of this four-part article have looked at Bulgaria’s energy dependence on Russia,
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Mr Radev looks east – Part 3
Gas games and tender spots The first and the second parts of this article looked at the history and the
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Mr Radev looks East –Part 2
Derogation and dependence In the first part of this three-part article, we looked at the history of – and the
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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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Why is Radev’s caretaker cabinet preparing to lift restrictions on Neftohim’s fuel exports?
Photo: BGNES The News Story According to 24 Hours, close to the government media, the caretaker government will lift the
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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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Turk Stream Revisited: Putin’s new gamble
In the immortal words of Boney M: “Oh those Russians!” And, come to that: “Oh those Bulgarians!”. They seem to
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