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Bulgarian Foreign Ministry handed Turkish ambassador a note over his behaviour – PM

January 13, 2016January 14, 2016 Independent Balkan News Agency Lyutvi Mestan, Russia, Turkey

Bulgaria’s Foreign Ministry had handed Turkish ambassador Süleyman Gökçe (photo) a note about his actions and behaviour, Prime Minister Boiko

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Europe 

Russia suspected in first-ever cyberattack on Ukraine’s power grid

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Doug Bernard of VOANews energy, Russia, Ukraine

In the last months of 2015, the conflict between Russia and Ukraine over Crimea’s annexation and continuing strife in Ukraine’s

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Europe 

Russian economy killers: Oil and sanctions

January 7, 2016January 7, 2016 VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russian President Vladimir Putin gets a bad report card, even a failing grade, for his handling of the economic crisis

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Europe 

​Ukrainian lawmaker calls for Coca-Cola boycott after company shows Crimea as Russia

January 7, 2016January 7, 2016 The Kyiv Post Russia, Ukraine

Lawmaker and former journalist Mustafa Nayyem called on Ukrainians to boycott Coca-Cola products on January 5 after the American drinks

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Europe 

New Russian strategy document calls NATO a ‘threat’

January 6, 2016 VOANews Nato, Russia

On December 31, President Vladimir Putin signed off on a new national security strategy for Russia that unequivocally identifies NATO

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Perspectives 

Year in Review: Politics in Bulgaria in 2015

December 31, 2015January 7, 2016 Clive Leviev-Sawyer Boiko Borissov, energy, judiciary, Rossen Plevneliev, Russia

Politically, the year 2015 was in the main a good one for Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko

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Europe 

Nord Stream-2 denounced as economic threat to Ukraine

December 28, 2015December 28, 2015 The Kyiv Post energy, Russia, Ukraine

It’s a multibillion-euro natural gas project, publicly backed by Russian president Vladimir Putin and Germany’s second-most powerful leader, deputy chancellor

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Europe 

Russia’s legal battle for Ukraine debt fraught with politics

December 23, 2015 Daniel Schearf of VOANews Russia, Ukraine

Russia plans to sue Ukraine in an English court to recover a multibillion-dollar loan Moscow made to Kyiv in December

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Europe 

Turkey sharpens criticism of Russia’s airstrikes in Syria

December 23, 2015December 23, 2015 VOANews Russia, Turkey

Turkey has stepped up its criticism of Russia’s airstrikes in Syria in the wake of deadly strikes in the northwest

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