by CBBSS | Jun 22, 2018 | 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, 2018 | 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...
by CBBSS | May 29, 2018 | Regional News
A week following Bulgarian President Rumen Radev’s meeting with Putin, Bulgarian PM Boyko Borissov will visit Russia Wednesday to likewise meet with Putin, Balkan Insight reports. With Sofia announcing plans to unfreeze the Belene Nuclear Power Plant project and...
by CBBSS | May 23, 2018 | Regional News
Despite pressure from the West to limit Bulgaria’s energy dependence on Russia, Bulgarian President Rumen Radev met with Putin in Sochi and touted the possibility of direct Russian gas deliveries to Bulgaria, as well as the construction of the Belene nuclear...
by CBBSS | May 21, 2018 | Regional News
A report issued by the UK Parliament’s foreign affairs select committee states Putin and his allies are “hiding and laundering their corrupt assets in London,” which is putting British national security at risk and allowing the circumvention of...
