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Analyses | | Ilona Gizińska, Łukasz Kobeszko

Bulgaria introduces additional fees for Russian gas transit

On 13 October 2023, a law came into effect in Bulgaria which introduces an additional transit fee (referred to as the ‘energy levy’) for the import and transit of natural gas from the Russian Federation. The new levy was introduced as part…
Analyses | | Marta Szpala

Serbia the forced abandonment of Russian oil

Last week, Serbian government declared that they would take measures to limit the negative effects of the ban on Russian oil imports via Croatian oil pipelines and the Omišalj terminal. On 1 November, the sixth package of EU sanctions…
OSW Commentary | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Mateusz Seroka, Marta Szpala

TurkStream on the diversifying south-eastern European gas market

December 2020 saw the completion of another part (Bulgaria–Serbia) of the European section of the TurkStream gas pipeline, through which gas has been exported from Russia to south--eastern Europe since January 2020. The capacity of the…
Analyses | | Mateusz Seroka

Bulgaria a Russian spy network has been dismantled

On 18 March Bulgaria’s counterintelligence arrested a group of six Bulgarians suspected of spying for Russia. According to the Prosecutor’s Office, five out of the six arrested are former or active servicemen, including officers of the…
Analyses | | Mateusz Seroka

Tension in Bulgarian-Russian relations

A number of events have taken place in Bulgaria over the past two weeks resulting in a sudden deterioration of Bulgarian-Russian relations. On 3 September, the Bulgarian Ministry of Foreign Affairs criticised an exhibition entitled the ‘…
Analyses | | Jan Strzelecki

Tensions between Greece and Russia with Macedonia in the background

In recent weeks there has been a cooling in the traditionally friendly relations between Greece and Russia.
Analyses | | Mateusz Seroka

Slovenian presidents visit to Moscow

On 10th and 11th February Slovenia’s president Borut Pahor met President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev during a visit to Moscow. 
OSW Commentary | | Marta Szpala

Russia in Serbia – soft power and hard interests

Moscow wants to use Belgrade in its confrontation with the West, but Russia does not have much to offer to Serbia’s authorities.
Analyses | | Tomasz Dąborowski, Szymon Kardaś

Russia offers a reminder of South Stream in Bulgaria

Russia has used the construction launch to demonstrate that it will not relinquish at least partial implementation of the project.
Analyses | | Tomasz Dąborowski

Bulgaria cheaper gas from Russia in exchange for the approval of South Stream

On November 15, the Bulgarian state-owned gas distributor Bulgargaz signed a ten-year contract with Russian Gazprom regarding the annual purchase of 2.9 billion m3 of gas. The contract will come into force at the beginning of 2013. Details…