Dimitar Bechev
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Dimitar Bechev
@dimitarbechev.bsky.social
Director of the Dahrendorf Programme
St Antony's College, Oxford and Senior Fellow at Carnegie Europe
Author: Rival Power: Russia in Southeast Europe and Turkey under Erdoğan (Yale)
November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
What is ironic about a great power like Russia is the persistent status insecurity and need of recognition by the US and Europe. If you really parted ways with the West and are fighting for a multipolar order what do you care how people in the West see you?
November 14, 2025 at 11:23 AM
Thanks for the heads-up ;)
October 31, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Netflix is on it.
October 31, 2025 at 1:17 PM
Another meaning in Bulgarian would be horse trader. Biser (meaning Pearl) Dzhambazov is a bit of all three I suppose.

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Putin’s Minions: How Russia Spies (Ep 1)
Podcast Episode · The Rest Is Classified · 27/04/2025 · 33m
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October 31, 2025 at 11:07 AM
For my part, I've been angling for setting up a sultanistic regime in Abingdon-on-Thames.
October 31, 2025 at 11:03 AM