by CBBSS | Jun 24, 2021 | Regional News
Josh Friedman reports from Istanbul on presidential and parliamentary Election Day in Turkey.
by CBBSS | Jun 23, 2021 | International News and Analysis
Bne IntelliNews runs a piece compiling analysts’ takes not only on the outcome of Sunday’s combination presidential-parliamentary elections in Turkey, but on the economic implications of the vote. Erdogan is widely predicted to win the presidential...
by CBBSS | Jun 22, 2021 | Regional News
Liviu Dragnea, the head of Romania’s ruling Social Democratic Party and regarded as the most powerful person in the country, was sentenced to three and a half years in prison following a corruption trial, The Guardian reports. Prosecutors said, from 2008 to...
by CBBSS | Jun 22, 2021 | Regional News
A poll by the independent Levada Center finds 51% of Russians want Putin to stay on as president in 2024 - beyond his term limits - down from 67% who felt the same way in August 2017, bne IntelliNews reports. Putin’s popularity rating remains high at...
by CBBSS | Jun 22, 2021 | Regional News
Despite Chechen strongman Ramzan Kadyrov’s undying loyalty to Putin, and despite Putin receiving more than 90 percent of the vote in Chechnya, many fans in Chechnya are rooting against Russia in the World Cup, according to an RFE/RL feature. Chechens used to be...