Farshad Golzari: Turkish-Iranian relations will not be affected by the tensions in the Caucasus

13 October 2020 Vladimir Mitev

Farshad Golzari: Turkish-Iranian relations will not be affected by the tensions in the Caucasus

Russia and the United States are the main actors in the conflict in Nagorno Karabakh, with Turkey being a second-tier player and Israel still not having taken a position on the new tensions between Yerevan and Baku, believes the Iranian foreign policy analyst.Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based

22 February 2020 Vladimir Mitev

Bulgaria and Russia – what do Romanians misunderstand?

The political lobbies of Bulgaria manipulate the Romanian public opinion without restraint, as they try to integrate it in their internal political fight. Romanians will expand their spiritual territory when they manage to see in Bulgarians more than “Russian agents”Vladimir MitevVladimir Mitev is a Bulgarian-Romanian journalist based in Rousse, a

12 July 2019 Maria Cernat

Crime and punishment: The Khachaturyan case

Mari Davtyan, a Russian lawyer providing legal services for the victims of domestic violence, talks to Maria Cernat about the three sisters who killed their father to escape a life of torture and abuseMaria CernatMaria Cernat is a graduate of the Faculty of Journalism and Communication Sciences (FJSC) (2001) and

17 January 2019 Maria Cernat

Bleak prospects for feminism in Russia

Lyubov Kalugina is facing serious charges for her postings online. She is has allegedly breached the article 282 of the Russian penal code which forbids “incitement of hatred or enmity and abasement of human dignity”. In December 2018 she sat down with Maria Cernat to discuss the postings in question.Combating

5 October 2018 Maria Cernat

Independent media, social networks and conspiracy theories

Boyan Stanislavski “If you sit in front of your computer or smartphone collecting likes or taking part in some shitstorm – you’re doing exactly what your government and the corporations want you to do. It has ZERO political value!”The mass media have evolved beyond our imagination. We are communicating, at

20 April 2018 Maciej Wiśniowski

Russia after the elections

There is a historical anecdote that Tsar Peter I could not find a good minister of treasury. All the candidates were either stupid or thieves. When he thought he finally found the right man, he told him to kiss an icon, kneel down and swear that he would carry out

23 February 2018 Vladimir Mitev

Valentin Radomirski: I hope Bulgaria and Romania will manage to avoid being pushed into Europe’s “2nd Tier”

The Barricade speaks to the former Bulgarian Ambassador in Bucharest about the Bulgarian and the Romanian presidency of the EU and about the dangers that the two countries face stemming from developments in the Black Sea and the Middle East region. The Barricade also discussed China with the former Ambassador and

5 January 2018 Maciej Wiśniowski

Putin and then who?

One cannot take the Polish media seriously. Especially when they “debate” Russia. Maciej WiśniowskiVishnyovski is a longstanding Polish investigative journalist and political commentator. He began his career in the `80 contributing for many youth media outlets. In the beginning of the `90 he began working for one the most popular