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Dulgerova, Nina
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2 articles of this author have been cited in the European Press Review so far.
Russia needs Bulgaria
Russian head of government Vladimir Putin has called on the Bulgarian government to decide as quickly as possible whether it wants to participate in Russia's planned South Stream pipeline project, saying that Russia can go ahead with its energy policy without Bulgaria if need be. The daily Klassa believes Putin is bluffing: "It's obvious that Russia is only cranking up the pressure because it actually needs Bulgaria for a farsighted energy policy. From a geostrategic point of view Bulgaria has reaffirmed its role in the Euro-Asian energy axis. The Balkans play a key role in oil and gas transit from central Asia and Russia. This key geographical position provides us with a good opportunity to renegotiate the terms that are disadvantageous for us in the major Burgas-Alexandroupolis [the planned Bulgarian-Greek oil pipeline between the Black Sea and the Mediterranean] and Belene nuclear power plant energy projects, and in such a way that Bulgarian interests are protected."
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Financial aid won't bring stability in the East
Through a so-called "East partnership" the EU wants to bind six former Soviet republics closer to itself. The daily Monitor questions whether financial aid amounting to 1.5 billion euros will be able to stabilise the situation in Georgia: "The international consensus that the conduct of [President Michail] Saakashvilli is impulsive and irresponsible only multiplies the negative voices. He could also initiate processes within the country to change the political situation in Tbilisi. Although Moscow has received no support as regards the independence of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, it has established diplomatic relations with them. In doing so it has removed the buffer zones and the sources of tension on its Caucasus border while at the same time launching an initiative to win back its political authority and influence in the instable post-Soviet region."
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