Vladimir goes global – Part 3
More friends? In the last instalment of this three-part article we complete our survey of the states that are –
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir goes global – Part 2
With friends like these…. Now some readers of Analyses and Alternatives (A&A) – especially those who read it only occasionally
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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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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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Russian army officers speak out against a war with Ukraine
Veteran soldier Colonel-General Leonid Ivashov’s draft Appeal is an all-out attack on Vladimir Putin. So what will be the repercussions?
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Will Putin attack Ukraine – or is that the wrong question?
Photo: FABRICE COFFRINI | AFP | Getty Images Part 3: What is to be done? In the first two parts
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