by CBBSS | Feb 28, 2021 | Regional News
Sarajevo is threatening to shut down dozens of Muslim community groups in Bosnia that have broken away from the moderate national Islamic organization and have radicalized Bosnians who have gone to fight in Syria, Reuters reports. The moves follows Bosnia’s...
by CBBSS | Feb 28, 2021 | International News and Analysis
Armine Sahakyan, a human rights activist in Armenia, writes in the Huffington Post that Russia is beefing up its military presence in Armenia, particularly at Russian bases near the Turkish border. This allows Moscow to throw its weight around in the region, even in...
by CBBSS | Feb 28, 2021 | Regional News
Thousands of Russians marched in Moscow on Saturday to mark the first anniversary of the assassination of Boris Nemtsov, a Russian opposition leader and former deputy prime minister. Numerous people, including Nemtsov’s daughter, suspect Kremlin-backed Chechen...
by CBBSS | Feb 27, 2021 | Regional News
On the one-year anniversary of the assassination of Boris Nemtsov, Chechen leader and Putin ally, Ramzan Kadyrov, is saying it is time for him to resign, RFE/RL reports. Kadryov said in an interview with pro-Kremlin NTV television that “my time has passed”...
by CBBSS | Feb 27, 2021 | Regional News
The Democratic Front, Montenegro’s pro-Russian alliance, will begin a new wave of protests on Saturday with the aim of forcing out Prime Minister Milo Djukanovic, Balkan Insight reports. The opposition group opposes Montenegro’s NATO accession and is...