Ukrainian lawmaker calls for Coca-Cola boycott after company shows Crimea as Russia
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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Russia
New Russian strategy document calls NATO a ‘threat’
On December 31, President Vladimir Putin signed off on a new national security strategy for Russia that unequivocally identifies NATO
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Year in Review: Politics in Bulgaria in 2015
Politically, the year 2015 was in the main a good one for Bulgarian Prime Minister and GERB party leader Boiko
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Nord Stream-2 denounced as economic threat to 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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Russia’s legal battle for Ukraine debt fraught with politics
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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Turkey sharpens criticism of Russia’s airstrikes in Syria
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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Russia issues international arrest warrant for Khodorkovsky
A Russian court has issued an international arrest warrant for Mikhail Khodorkovsky, former Yukos Oil chief and critic of Russian
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MRF founder Dogan hits out at party leader over Turkey-Russia declaration ‘gaffe’
Ahmed Dogan, founder of the Movement for Rights and Freedoms – the party led and supported in the main by
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US expands sanctions against Russia
The United States Treasury Department Tuesday imposed sanctions on 34 individuals and entities for previous sanctions evasion and other activities
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