by CBBSS | Oct 9, 2020 | Ilian Vasilev, International News and Analysis
The self-imposed isolation in Siberia on his 62nd birthday might signal President Putin’s next Eltzinite move - appoint a successor and resign. The rapidly worsening situation in Russia seems beyond his control with worrying fractions openly engaging in...
by CBBSS | Oct 8, 2020 | Ilian Vasilev, Regional News
Some of my Russian friends solicited my opinion on the effect of the election results on the future of the South Stream project. This comes to no surprise as Kremlin’s look on Bulgaria is more of a black and white vision – those not “pros” are definitely “cons”. No...
by CBBSS | Oct 3, 2021 | Ilian Vasilev
The chart could be easily dismissed by the pro-Kremlin analysts as short term event not indicative of a more sustainable long term trend. Yet these days you will find few if any serious top manager in Russia’s oil industry able to conceal his concern for...
by CBBSS | Oct 2, 2021 | Ilian Vasilev
I understand that at a recently held roundtable organized by the Protest Network on SouthStream the GERB and ABV reps were joined by Reformist Bloc’s Martin Dimitrov in reading that the project is acceptable under EU rules and has passed the post of no return,...
by CBBSS | Sep 26, 2021 | Ilian Vasilev
Azerbaijan’s gas is looming high on the diversification hopes list of South and Central Europeans but there are strings attached. In line with the approaching start of the Shah Deniz-2 gas export to Turkey and onwards to SEE and CEE, Russia is stepping up its...