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On 29 March, after talks in Moscow with Moldova’s Foreign Minister Iurie Leanca, the Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov signalled his acceptance of Chisinau’s position that Transnistria should accept autonomous status within the…
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On 29 March, the Ukrainian gas monopolist Naftogaz announced an invitation to tender for the audit of the raw materials in its deposits. This is a first step on the road to the sale which the Ukrainian government has announced of minority…
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Some of the Belarusian opposition activists who were arrested after the post-election demonstration last 19 December have had the charges against them moderated, which significantly reduces the sentences they may face. The decision by the…
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| Tadeusz A Olszański
In the short term, the bringing of charges against the former President of Ukraine, in connection with the abduction in 2000 of the well-known journalist Georgiy Gongadze, is intended to give a boost to the image of Ukraine’s current…
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The National Commission for Energy Regulation has granted the Ukrhaz-Energo company (a joint venture between NAK Naftogaz and RosUkrEnergo) a five-year licence to sell up to 4.8 billion m³ of gas per year on the internal market. This is…
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On 24 March, the deputy prime minister of Moldova Valeriu Lazar revealed that Moldova and Russia had reached an agreement to formally separate that part of the Moldovagaz company which is situated on the territory of the breakaway region…
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On 17 March, the head of the Belarusian Central Bank Piotr Prokopovich stated that the Belarusian government hopes to obtain US$1 billion of Russian credit in the first half of this year, and around US$2 billion from the Eurasian Economic…
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| Kamil Kłysiński
By passing harsh sentences on opposition activists, President Alyaksandr Lukashenka has demonstrated his strength to the public and the nomenklatura, while at the same time sending a signal that the EU’s sanctions will not encourage Minsk…
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On 2 March in Brussels, the first Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine Andriy Kluyev presented the EU with his country’s proposals for a deep and comprehensive free trade area (DCFTA) . The increased high-level activity on this matter gives…
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After informal multilateral consultations within the so-called ‘5 + 2 format’ concerning the conflict in Transnistria, which took place on 14-15 February in Vienna, Tiraspol has publicly stated its conditions for resuming formal talks. Its…