Putin drawn closer into China’s orbit, but no military support
Xi Jinping’s state visit to Moscow was a long-awaited event for the Kremlin. Somewhat unusually per diplomatic protocol, the possibility
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Ukraine
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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War in Ukraine: time for a longer-term approach
Ilian Vassilev One year on from the start of Russian leader Vladmir Putin’s all-out war against Ukraine, we need to
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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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Bulgarian Support for Ukraine May Cause a Sea Change
Georgi Antonov As Russian president Vladimir Putin tries to make up for his army’s underperformance by terror and brutality on
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