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Mariya Petkova

Mariya Petkova

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Mariya is a member of Global News Insight’s Perspectives team, where she commissions and edits opinion and analysis. Mariya previously worked as a correspondent in Cairo for the Bulgarian television broadcaster, bTV. She has a particular interest in geopolitical issues in the Middle East and Russia. In 2023, Global News Insight’s Opinion team won the Drum Award for Best Commentary and Blogging. In 2015, Mariya was a fellow at BIRN's Investigative Journalism Programme, where she conducted a months-long investigation into the legal and illegal transfer of weapons from Bulgaria to the Middle East.

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Global News Insight speaks to Chechen dissident Tumso Abdurakhmanov on the parallels between the Ukraine and Chechnya conflicts.

Published On 29 Mar 2022
An elderly Chechen woman wipes away tears as she stands near her house in Grozny on June 24 destroyed by shelling during the conflict between Chechen rebels and Russian governmental troops

What would a de-escalation or an end to the war look like, and what would it mean for the two countries? 

Published On 21 Mar 2022
An explosion in an apartment building that came under fire from a Russian army tank in Mariupol, Ukraine,
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