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OSW Commentary | | Katarzyna Chawryło

Patriarch Kirills game over Ukraine

The interests of the Russian Church and the Kremlin, which have coincided for years, have now come into conflict.
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło, Piotr Żochowski, Tadeusz Iwański

The conflict in the Donbas after the shooting down of the Malaysian plane

The Malaysian aircraft tragedy is not likely to lead to the end of the armed conflict in the Donbas.
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło

Russia is playing the Ukrainian refugee card in its propaganda game

The reports on the upsurge in the number of Ukrainian refugees in Russia have become an important element of the Kremlin's media propaganda.
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło

The Kremlins policy in Ukraine – the domestic viewpoint

Opinion polls from the last several days indicate that a clear majority of Russian society supports the Kremlin’s actions taken towards Ukraine.
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło

The Russian public opinion towards the intervention in Ukraine

A series of actions took place in recent days in Russia, either in support to, or in protest against the Russian intervention in Ukraine.
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło

Harsh sentences in the Bolotnaya trial with the Maidan in the background

The severity of the verdict was likely affected by the fall of the regime of Viktor Yanukovych in Ukraine under the influence of mass protests.
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło

Russia tightens up residence regulations for CIS citizens

Trying to solve the problems resulting from the influx of immigrants by tightening the regulations may end up having the opposite consequences to those intended.
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło

Ethnic riots in Moscow

On 13 October, the Moscow district of Western Biriulevo saw protests by the local community in response to the murder of a young Russian by an immigrant from Azerbaijan. The riots are a sign of the social tensions which have been rising in…
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło, Wojciech Górecki

Ethnic tension escalate in Ciscaucasia

There have been a number of ethnic incidents over the past few weeks in the Russian regions bordering the Northern Caucasian republics: in Rostov Oblast, Stavropol Krai and Krasnodar Krai., where Sochi, the host of the 2014 Winter Olympics…
OSW Commentary | | Katarzyna Chawryło

The Kremlin plays the immigration card

The Russian economy needs immigrants, and taking the demographic and economic trends into account, this dependence will rise exponentially in the future. It therefore follows that adopting a restrictive immigration policy and stoking…