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Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 29 July, a Russian company producing potash fertilisers, Uralkali, decided to withdraw from its cooperation with the BKK, which it established together with the Belarusian potash producer Bielkali. Uralkali’s exit from BKK should…
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz
On 1 August, the Russian government granted temporary asylum to Edward Snowden. Moscow’s decision will not cause the Obama administration to abandon its ‘reset’ policy in relations with Russia. It will however, make implementation of that…
Analyses |
| Katarzyna Chawryło, Tadeusz Iwański
On 27-28 July, President Vladimir Putin took part in celebrations commemorating the 1025th anniversary of the conversion to Christianity of Kyivan Rus. The political exploitation of the celebrationis characteristic of the Kremlin’s current…
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
On 31 July Romania signed a staff-level agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the European Union and the World Bank on an economic program supported by a two-year loan worth 4 billion euros. This is now the third loan that…
Analyses |
| Jakub Groszkowski
On 7 August the Chamber of Deputies rejected the vote of confidence for the Jiri Rusnok government. Many factors suggest that one of the key objectives of establishing a government favourable to the president will be to promote the Party…
OSW Studies |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
In 2009, Vladimir Putin, the then Russian prime minister, gave impetus to the establishment of closer relations within what was then a still narrow group of three countries: Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Close co-operation is expected to…
Analyses |
| Aleksandra Jarosiewicz
The deportation from Italy of the wife and daughter of the wanted Kazakh opposition figure Mukhtar Ablyazov, in violation of the official arrest procedure, has led to a scandal that threatened to bring down the Italian government. The…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk
13-20 July saw the largest previously unscheduled military training exercise since the collapse of the USSR, the so-called ‘readiness test’ in the Far East of the country, including up to 160,000 soldiers. The tests of the combat readiness…
Analyses |
| Jadwiga Rogoża
The Navalny case, which was supposed to be a show of force against the opposition, has at the same time proved to be a catalyst of disputes within the elite itself. These concern both the degree of the repression against political…
Analyses |
| Marta Zawilska-Florczuk
The telecommunication surveillance in Germany launched by the US National Security Agency, the NSA, is still fuelling controversy. It has put the German government and the chancellor herself in an embarrassing situation, and the opposition…