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Analyses | | Jadwiga Rogoża, Iwona Wiśniewska

Russian vaccines a production bottleneck

Despite the high-profile propaganda campaign accompanying the registration in Russia of the Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine, the testing process is taking longer and longer, and the initial forecasts for large-scale production have proved to…
OSW Commentary | | Jadwiga Rogoża, Iwona Wiśniewska

Russia in the global vaccine race

During the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, Moscow has stepped up its activities in the global ‘vaccine race’ against SARS-CoV-2. So far Russia has registered two vaccines, which was announced by President Vladimir Putin himself. The…
OSW Report | | Iwona Wiśniewska

Digitalisation under surveillance. The development of the 5G network in Russia

The digital transformation has become one of the Russian government’s economic priorities during Vladimir Putin’s fourth presidential term. At its core has been the development of ICT infrastructure, and especially the deployment of fifth-…
OSW Commentary | | Jadwiga Rogoża, Iwona Wiśniewska

The environmental disaster in the Arctic Moscows neo-colonial exploitation of Russias regions

The end of May 2020 saw the biggest known environmental disaster in the Russian Arctic. The thermal power plant in Norilsk in Krasnoyarsk Krai, controlled by the Norilsk Nickel company, contaminated soil and water with more than 21,000…
Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska

Russia and the coronavirus pandemic in praise of the besieged fortress

As of 1pm CET time on 18 March, 147 people in Russia have been diagnosed as infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most of them are in Moscow (88), while five cases have been recorded in Kaliningrad.