Europe

Who Is Losing Belarus?

February 1, 2012

“With the decline of America’s global preeminence, weaker countries will be more susceptible to the assertive influence of major regional powers,” writes Zbigniew Brzezinski in his recent Foreign Policy essay...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Foreign Policy, Belarus

Confidence in the Nabucco Project Fading

January 31, 2012

Confidence in the viability of the Nabucco project – at least in its version envisaged from 2004 to 2011 – seems to be fading all around. On January 25, the Nabucco consortium’s management disclosed that it has submitted...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Vlad’s Corner, Home Page, Featured, Energy, The Caucasus, South Caucasus , Europe

Post-Mortem Analysis: A Brief Profile of North Caucasian Militant Commander Biaslan Gochiyaev

January 31, 2012

An ethnic Karachay, Biaslan Gochiyaev was born in the city of Cherkessk, Karachay-Cherkessia in 1984. Some sources allege that he was a relative of Achemez Gochiyaev [1]. The latter was put on the international wanted list for...

Category: Militant Leadership Monitor, Europe, Featured, Home Page

Ukraine’s Former Security Chief and Media Tycoon Khoroshkovsky Appointed as Finance Minister

January 30, 2012

On January 18, Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych appointed Valery Khoroshkovsky as the Finance Minister and relieved him of his duties as chief of the Ukrainian Security Service (SBU). Khoroshkovsky replaced Fedir Yaroshenko...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Domestic/Social, Ukraine

Russian Oil Business Targeting EU’s Entrant Croatia

January 30, 2012

Croatia has become the newest member of the European Union, with a national referendum on January 22 capping the accession process. The government-controlled JANAF (Jadranski Naftovod – Adriatic Oil Transportation) enterprise,...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Vlad’s Corner, Home Page, Energy, Europe, Balkans, Russia

Tiraspol’s New Leader Shevchuk: A Man We Can Do Business With?

January 26, 2012

Yevgeny Shevchuk’s victory in Transnistria’s “presidential” election is an opportune development for Russia, at the opportune moment. Moscow was slow to comprehend this, but will almost certainly act accordingly from this point...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Vlad’s Corner, Home Page, Foreign Policy, Domestic/Social, Moldova

Smirnov out, Shevchuk in: A Short-Term Win-Win for Moscow in Transnistria

January 26, 2012

The 21-year “Smirnov era” is over in Transnistria, the secessionist enclave in eastern Moldova. The Kremlin has finally dumped Transnistria’s antiquated “president,” Igor Smirnov. A new-generation candidate, Yevgeniy Shevchuk,...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Vlad’s Corner, Home Page, Domestic/Social, Foreign Policy, Moldova

Bulgarian Government Withdraws Chevron’s Shale Gas Permit

January 24, 2012

The Bulgarian Parliament has indefinitely suspended shale gas exploration and extraction in the country under public pressure from environmentalist groups. The moratorium will affect shale gas and oil exploration on the entire...

Category: Eurasia Daily Monitor, Home Page, Featured, Domestic/Social, Energy, Bulgaria, Europe

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