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weekly Editorial, blogs, opinion from TSG team and readers, Bill Drysdale on ‘My Bulgaria’; Analysis – from team, VOA, NENN; full texts of significant statements, speeches and media statements by Government and non-government organisations.

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Dixon explains why Ocampo’s report is politically biased by Armenian separatists

August 15, 2023August 15, 2023 Igor Chalenko

By order of the “president” of the Armenian pro-Russian separatists in Karabakh, Arayik Aratyunyan, the ex-prosecutor of the International Criminal

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Russia beat Europe in Caucasus under the guise of ‘humanitarian aid’ from Putin’s ally

August 13, 2023August 13, 2023 Igor Chalenko Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine

On July 26, a total of 19 lorries loaded with food and medicine were sent from Armenia to the separatist

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European companies’ aircraft endangered by interference from pro-Russian Karabakh enclave

August 1, 2023August 1, 2023 Nikolay Marchenko Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia

A Czech Airlines aircraft, on a flight on the Budapest-Baku route, was on the verge of crashing due to radio

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Kremlin forces residents of Karabakh to refuse food and humanitarian aid

July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 Igor Chalenko Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia

The Kremlin aims at freezing the Armenian-Azerbaijani conflict in Karabakh according to the scenario of the Ukrainian Donbas, Georgian South

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Visiting Bulgaria, Ukrainian President Zelenskyy gives Radev a lesson on reality

July 6, 2023September 25, 2023 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Roumen Radev, Russia, Ukraine

It was only when Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy landed in Sofia on July 6 that he confirmed that his one-day

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Why is Macron opposing interests of EU, supporting Russian separatism?

July 3, 2023July 4, 2023 Igor Chalenko Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine

The Kremlin has influential allies supporting separatism in the “post-Soviet” countries, whose policy goes against the position of the EU.

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Monument wars: ‘the Russian mother’ vs ‘European values’

June 17, 2023March 3, 2025 Vassilena Dotkova Russia

A series of photographs of provocative modern art from different parts of Europe are being shared on social media, accompanied

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Why is the West not sanctioning Putin’s key allies in the Caucasus?

June 9, 2023June 9, 2023 Igor Chalenko Armenia, Azerbaijan, Russia, Ukraine

While the European Union and the United States are striving for peace in the Caucasus and aspiring to reach a

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Kremlin speaking: Homophobia as geopolitics

June 2, 2023May 10, 2024 Vanessa Nikolova of factcheck.bg Russia, Ukraine

“The West imposes homosexuality and paedophilia on us”; “Membership in the European Union (EU) means acceptance of same-sex marriage”; “European values contradict

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