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Landmark deal sails into Caspian Sea

ASIA Theodoros Benakis -
The leaders of Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan on August 12 signed an agreement on the legal status of the inland sea bordering...

Ukraine says Russia trying to ‘destabilise’ Azov region

EASTERN PARTNERSHIP Theodoros Benakis -
Ukraine’s Infrastructure Minister Volodymyr Omelyan did not mince his words when he said Russia is trying to “destabilise the situation” Azov region of Ukraine....

Ten years since Georgia-Russia conflict

EASTERN PARTNERSHIP Theodoros Benakis -
August 7 marked the 10th anniversary of the deadly conflict fought over Georgia’s separatist regions South Ossetia and Abkhazia. One decade later, expert George...

Russia’s pension reform bill risky for ruling party

EUROPE Theodoros Benakis -
Russians are up in arms over the government’s proposal to raise retirement age from 60 to 65 and from 55 to 63 for women....

Ukraine’s Poroshenko targets Russian church

EASTERN PARTNERSHIP Theodoros Benakis -
The Russian Orthodox Church, which counts millions of followers, is a threat to the Ukraine’s national security. So said Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko on...
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