Nov. 30, 2015

By ALEX ALEXIEV The Republican Party – As has been the case for most of the presidential campaign to date, the contest among the republican candidates continued to be more competitive and gather more media attention than the less competitive democratic one. The tone...

Russia-Turkey spat continues

A Kremlin spokesman said Monday that Putin would not meet with Erdogan on the sidelines of the Paris climate summit because Turkey refuses to apologize for the downing of a Russian fighter jet. In Brussels, Turkish PM Ahmet Davutoglu said no country can demand an...

Gazprom Is facing a perfect storm

John Lough, of the London-based Chatham House, writes an op-ed in The Moscow Times explaining the perfect storm that is hitting Gazprom. Low gas prices, economic sanctions, EU regulatory hurdles and increased domestic competition are blowing up Gazprom’s plans...

Turkish generals arrested over Syria-bound trucks case

Turkey is now prosecuting the military leaders who oversaw the interception of Turkish intelligence trucks that were allegedly making illegal arms deliveries to fighters in Syria. Turkish authorities arrested two generals and a retired colonel and charged them with...

Turkey seals migrant deal with EU

The EU is promising Turkey 3 billion euros in aid, as well as resumed membership talks and possibly visa-free travel within a year if Ankara steps up its efforts to keep refugees in Turkey and stop them from going to Europe, Reuters reports. EU leaders met with...