Western Balkans: Russia Increases Influence In Slavic States
Western Balkans: Russia Increases Influence In Slavic States.
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Western Balkans: Russia Increases Influence In Slavic States.
Image by Raimond Spekking Ukraine’s grain industry is thriving, but its expansion is being hobbled by an aging railway. The entire rail network is operated by state-run Ukrzaliznytsya, hauling about two-thirds of all grains that go from farmers’ fields to the the country’s ports in the Black Sea area. With…
Image by Annika Haas The British government may formally and publicly link the attempted murder by nerve gas attack against a former Russian double agent and his daughter to the Russian security services. “Theresa May is expected to say the UK believes Russia was behind the nerve agent attack in…
Image by Совет Федерации Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova daily highlights Moscow’s positions on the acutest international issues, reacts to the West’s threadbare accusations and comments on all possible ‘fake news’ stories. The media and all those who follow the news have been accustomed to seeing her as a…
Georgian President Giorgi Margvelashvili said in a recent television interview that the leaders of the Russian Federation are very clear about their intentions. Russia Taking Georgia Inch By Inch “We are developing our country in [a] European and Euro-Atlantic direction,” said Margvelashvili but staying ‘aware of Russian provocations.”
Russia is like a guy showing up to a Mexican standoff wearing only his sombrero and demanding to be recognized as the best-dressed man on the planet. But dude, says the US, you got no clothes! Shut up or I’ll blow your head off, screams Russia. But then I’ll blow…
Image by Ing.Mgr.Jozef Kotulič The shocking killing of a young Slovakian journalist investigating ties between an Italian organized crime network and the political establishment has transfixed the nation and set into motion a chain of events that may undermine the government. Amid a welter of conspiracy theories, street protests and…
Image by Kremlin.ru The Ukrainian government alleged today that a prisoner-swap negotiator, Volodymyr Ruban, planned to use small arms and mortars to attack government targets in Ukraine in a bid to assassinate officials including Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko. Ruban was arrested and charged when found with a cache of small…
Image by World Economic Forum – Michael Wuertenberg In a Daily Caller op-ed calling the Russian meddling narrative a “false public manipulation,” Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska claims that Daniel Jones – a former FBI investigator, Feinstein staffer and now a Fusion GPS operative – told the Russian Oligarch’s lawyer in…
Banner used during last year elections Shpend Ahmeti has been one of the most distinguished figures of the “Vetvendosje” (Self – determination) movement, Kosovo’s most determined opposition force. Serbian Detente With Kosovo? He won his second mandate as Mayor of Pristina last year; however, since then he has been objecting…