by CBBSS | Jan 29, 2021 | Regional News
Russia’s Investigative Committee claims the Boris Nemtsov murder has been fully solved, RFE/RL reports. A committee spokesman says five Chechens who are currently in custody carried out a contract killing of Nemtsov while he was walking outside the Kremlin on...
by CBBSS | Jan 29, 2021 | Regional News
Russia’s Gazprom has canceled a gas price discount for Turkish customers, Reuters reports. Last year, Turkey reached a deal with Gazprom on a 10.25 percent discount, but there was never a final signature on the agreement. Relations between Russia and Turkey have...
by CBBSS | Jan 29, 2021 | Regional News
The Syrian Kurdish YPG militia is planning an attack to seize the last stretch of the Turkish-Syrian border that remains under Islamic State control, Reuters reports. The YPG is supported by the U.S., but it is an enemy of Turkey. Ankara does not want Kurds to control...
by CBBSS | Jan 29, 2021 | Regional News
An EU court has nullified the asset freezes placed on five members of the ousted Ukrainian regime, EU Observer reports. The court claimed in its ruling that Kiev and EU states have failed to prove the former Ukrainian officials are guilty of misappropriation of state...
by CBBSS | Jan 29, 2021 | Regional News
Following three days of heated debate, the government of Montenegrin Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic barely survived a no-confidence vote. 42 of 81 MPs voted against the no-confidence motion, which Djukanovic called following weeks of protests. During the debate,...
