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OSW Commentary | | Katarzyna Chawryło

Short-term stability and long-term problems The demographic situation in Russia

Russia has seen a negative natural population growth rate for three decades, except for a brief period between 2013 and 2015. Since 2020, the natural population decline has no longer been offset by a positive migration balance. As a result…
OSW Commentary | | Katarzyna Chawryło

A holy war The Russian Orthodox Church blesses the war against the West

Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) have supported the war and justified Russia’s aggressive policy since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. There have been very few voices criticising the invasion among the clergy…
OSW Commentary | | Maria Domańska, Marek Menkiszak, Katarzyna Chawryło

Chronicle of a death foretold Putin gets rid of Navalny

On 16 February, the Russian Federal Penitentiary Service announced that Alexei Navalny, the leading figure of the Russian democratic opposition, had died in a penal colony. The circumstances of his death remain unclear, and the official…
OSW Commentary | | Katarzyna Chawryło, Iwona Wiśniewska

Mobilisation in Russia societys reactions and the economic consequences

The mobilisation of 300,000 reservists into the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, which has been ongoing since the end of September 2022, has laid bare the chaos in the administrative apparatus and has given rise to concern among…
OSW Commentary | | Katarzyna Chawryło

Weapons of mass deception Russian television propaganda in wartime

Russia’s aggression against Ukraine is not being delivered solely along military lines but also along information lines. The Kremlin’s main weapon in this information battle is its elaborate propaganda apparatus which Vladimir Putin’s…
OSW Commentary | | Maria Domańska, Katarzyna Chawryło

War dictatorship power and society in Russia

With the start of the war against Ukraine, the Putin regime is taking on more and more features of a totalitarian system. The authorities are aiming for a total information blockade and a ‘rally around the flag’, including through the use…
OSW Commentary | | Jadwiga Rogoża, Katarzyna Chawryło, Piotr Żochowski

A friend in need Russia on the protests in Belarus

Due to the dynamic and surprising development of events in Belarus, Russia’s previous tactic –weakening Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s position in order to force further integration with Russia – has had to change.
OSW Commentary | | Katarzyna Chawryło

Stalin in contemporary Russia admired and required

Despite the fact that more than 60 years have passed since the death of Joseph Stalin, the leader of the USSR from 1922 to 1953, the memory of him remains alive. 
OSW Studies | | Katarzyna Chawryło

The altar and throne alliance The Russian Orthodox Church vs the government in Russia

The Russian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate plays an essential role in the process of self-identification of the Russian people.
OSW Commentary | | Katarzyna Chawryło, Maria Domańska

Strangers among us Non-governmental organisations in Russia

The situation of the third sector in Russia, i.e. the civil society structures independent from the state, is worsening on a regular basis.