Lavrov’s Skopje Visit: A Diplomatic Blunder?
Amidst the grapevine of Sergei Lavrov’s impending visit to Skopje for Ukraine peace talks, Bulgaria has reluctantly accepted its partners’
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Russia
Russia blocks the Black Sea — NATO has no response. Yet.
Russia has threatened to treat all vessels on the Black Sea bound for Ukrainian ports as potential carriers of military
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Xi’s Visit and Putin’s Demise
After the arrest warrant has been issued, Putin is president of Russia in name only. From here onwards, negotiations are out of the question.
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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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