NATO backs Turkey but seeks to lower tensions with Russia
NATO says it stands with Turkey following an emergency meeting in Brussels of its 28 ambassadors requested by Ankara to
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Russia
Bulgarian PM: Tension between Nato, Russia ‘not good’
Bulgaria’s Prime Minister Boiko Borissov said on November 24 that the downing of a Russian military plane by Turkish fighter
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Putin accuses Turkey of ‘stabbing’ Russia ‘in the back’ after fighter downed
Russian president Vladimir Putin accused Turkey of “stabbing” Russia “in the back” and supporting terrorism after Turkish F-16s shot down
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Ukrainian journalist concerned about direction of country’s media
Maxim Eristavi is an openly gay Ukrainian journalist who worked for Russian state media, and has been covering Ukraine for
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Prosecutors question PM Borissov over ‘permission’ for Russian flights
Bulgaria’s Supreme Cassation Prosecution questioned Prime Minister Boiko Borissov in connection with a complaint filed by the Protest Network about
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Russia queries Bulgaria’s customs probe of Lukoil
The Russian foreign ministry has sent a note to Bulgaria querying the customs inspection of Lukoil Bulgaria, Prime Minister Boiko
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Turkey shoots down unidentified aircraft near Syria
Turkey says it has shot down an aircraft of unknown nationality that had intruded into its airspace near the Syrian
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Moscow MH17 presentation seen as sloppy pre-emptive measure against Dutch report
A Russian arms manufacturer treated journalists to a Kafkaesque press conference ahead of the release of the Dutch Safety Board’s
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Poll: Ukrainians unhappy about corruption, incomplete reforms
Ukrainians are unhappy with their current government. In a recent poll conducted in Ukraine, only 7 percent of the respondents
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