by CBBSS | Aug 31, 2021 | International News and Analysis
Between 1990 and 2013, Russia’s growth in life expectancy slowed compared to the rest of the world, and it finished the period ranked 108th — between Iraq and North Korea in in world rankings. Due to the economic crisis, lower incomes, a weak health care system...
by CBBSS | Aug 31, 2021 | Regional News
Ukraine’s parliament voted 368-265 in favor of a bill that gives more autonomy to the Russian-backed separatists in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, RFE/RL reports. President Poroshenko submitted the bill in accordance with the Minsk agreement that was supposed...
by CBBSS | Aug 30, 2021 | International News and Analysis
Turkish opposition leaders are warning that Erdogan and the AKP may invoke a clause of Turkey’s constitution that states elections can be postponed in the event of a war, a Zaman piece states. After losing their parliamentary majority in the June 7 election,...
by CBBSS | Aug 30, 2021 | Regional News
Moody’s Investor Service is now forecasting that Russia’s recession will extend into 2016, RFE/RL reports. Moody’s was projecting Russian growth would be flat in 2016, but it is now forecasting a decline by between .5 percent and 1.5 percent, citing...
by CBBSS | Aug 30, 2021 | Regional News
Turkey’s foreign ministry announced Saturday that Turkish warplanes for the first time had joined US-led raids on Islamic State targets in Syria, The Telegraph reports. Ankara agreed last month to join the fight against the Islamic State, but it instead of...