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- opment of local hydrocarbon resources, which would reduce European dependence on Russian oil and nat- ural gas. In 2012, street protests compelled Bulgaria's prime minister, Boyko Borisov, to cancel contracts with Chevron to explore shale-oil sites in the country. Those who suspect the Kremlin's invol

case that countries like the United States have no right to lec- ture others on democracy, and that perhaps all elec- tions are equally flawed. The Kremlin's chief propagan- dist described the 2016 U.S. election as "so horribly noxious that it only engenders disgust towards what is still inexplicably c

a back seat to security concerns, or to policy conces- sions aimed at maintaining good relations with Russia. Prior to the saber rattling from the Kremlin, Estonia had an economy with one of Europe's higher rates of VNAvireedomhoustorg 49 EFTA00804773 BREAKING DOWN DEMOCRACY: Goals, Strategies, an

ontroversy in a country where an elite civil service is expected to manage public affairs, and private sector involvement is viewed with wariness." Bulgaria Confronts Long Lines After Announcing Open Vaccine Availability. The New York Times (2/22, Dzhambazova, 20.6M) reports that while Bulgaria initially

rs "agreed...to impose sanctions on four senior Russian officials close to President Vladimir Putin in a mainly symbolic response to the jailing of Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny." The agreement, which "came after France, Germany, Poland and the Baltic states urged the 27-member bloc to send a message t

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at dates back to the Treaty of Kutchuk-Kainardji during Ottoman Empire and led to several attempts at imperial adventurism, from Greece to Syria to Bulgaria, which did indeed result in a Russian intervention in the 1877. And Russia's continued arms sales to Syria and Iran, both of which pass on such mat

Middle East Michael Weiss December 13, 2013 -- Russia is back. At least that's what they say— especially the Russians. 2013 marks the year that the Kremlin reasserted its power abroad in ways not seen since the collapse of the Soviet Union, and nowhere has this reassertion been more obvious than in the

from above." Protesters Call For Resignation Of Bulgaria's Borisov. EFTA00150262 The New York Times (7/19, Dzhambazova, Kingsley, 18.61M) reports Bulgaria is "gripped in a political crisis" set off "by the revelation that a stretch of publicly owned coast had been reserved for the private use of a pro

er those conducting such cyber attacks, and work with our allies to hold perpetrators to account." Russia has "denied all the allegations, with the Kremlin spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, rather tersely observing that 'the British side can hardly do anything to exacerbate the nature of bilateral relations."

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channel between Russia and the Taliban just under a decade ago has more recently blossomed into a mutually beneficial alliance that has allowed the Kremlin to reassert its influence in the region." Taliban Attack Afghan Intelligence Compound. The New York Times (7/13, Mashal, Rahim, 18.61M) reports th

wn world attention to the former Soviet states on Europe's frontiers. Europe's eastern problems don't begin where the EU and NATO end. In Hungary, Bulgaria and Romania, the process of European expansion has run into deep trouble, and the situation in many of the former Yugoslav territories leaves much

ational environment posed few effective barriers to the reassertion of Moscow's power. There should be little doubt in anyone's mind today that the Kremlin aims to repeat the process, and from President Putin's desk it must look as if many of the pieces for a second restoration are in place. Many of th

e case that countries like the United States have no right to lec- ture others on democracy, and that perhaps all elec- tions are equally flawed. The Kremlin's chief propagan- dist described the 2016 U.S. election as “so horribly noxious that it only engenders disgust towards what is still inexplicably cal

l- opment of local hydrocarbon resources, which would reduce European dependence on Russian oil and nat- ural gas. In 2012, street protests compelled Bulgaria's prime minister, Boyko Borisov, to cancel contracts with Chevron to explore shale-oil sites in the country. Those who suspect the Kremlin's involvem