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Ukraine’s struggle for “independent” church: is the deal really worth it?
The Ukrainian Orthodox Church continues a struggle for becoming fully self-governing, or autocephalous, and is seeking the support of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Constantinople. Yet, Ecumenical Patriarch Dimitri Bartholomew said he was not happy with the failure of Ukraine President Pytro Poroshenko to invite 25 ruling bishops to join a new formation of the Orthodox Church […]
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Uzbekistan’s energy pathways: at a crossroads between East and West
The new Russia-Uzbekistan nuclear plant agreement on cooperation in the construction of generation nuclear power plant (NPP) VVER-1200 reactor of 3+ generation in Uzbekistan seems to pose far more opportunities than it might seem. With the Tashkent’s critical need of non-costly energy resources, the project aims not only to foster Uzbekistan’s self-sufficiency and persistence in the […]
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Russia’s Ekaterinburg joins the final race to host EXPO 2025
In less than 50 days the EXPO-2025 Committee will name the Planet’s Exhibition host city. Among the final candidates are Russia’s Ekaterinburg, Azerbaijan’s Baku and Japan’s Osaka. While demonstration concepts of Baku and Osaka are designed to present the city innovations, the exposition of Ekaterinburg will show the best solutions […]
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Russia’s positive transformation: Japanese football fans share their outsider opinions about Yekaterinburg
It’s no secret that outsiders are best in giving independent and objective opinion on a place. This year, Russia, the host country of the World Cup 2018 has appeared on close inspection of millions of football fans from around the world. Japanese fans who flooded Moscow, St. Petersburg and Yekaterinburg during the Japanese national football […]
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After major blackout in Azerbaijan is Baku’s bid for EXPO2025 still on?
A massive blackout hit Azerbaijan and affected most of the cities including the capital, Baku, the EXPO 2025 candidate, on Tuesday. The blackout reportedly became the worst power cut since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The accident was investigated under personal control of President Ilham Aliiyev at a power plant in Mingechavir […]
