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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Back-door Russian gas for Bulgaria?
Bulgarian president Rumen Radev’s caretaker government is secretly restoring Russian gas imports through the back-door device of LNG deliveries. Exposing
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Is the US to blame for Europe’s high gas prices?
European politicians do not shine with a particular ability to make causal links. The German economy minister last week lashed
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Boyko bounces back?
The results of Sunday’s parliamentary election – Bulgaria’s fourth in just 18 months – were, predictably, complicated. But a government
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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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