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Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska, Szymon Kardaś
On 23 March, Vladimir Putin decided to charge fees for Russian exports of natural gas to countries hostile to Russia (i.e. those countries which have introduced sanctions) in roubles in the near future. He ordered the withdrawal from the…
OSW Commentary |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
In retaliation for its military aggression against Ukraine Russia has been sanctioned by around 50 countries, which accounted for half of Russia’s foreign trade and were of key importance to the stability of its capital market. The…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
On 5 March, Singapore joined the Western technological and financial sanctions against Russia. Previously, several other Asian countries, including Japan and South Korea, took similar decisions. Taiwan has also joined the restrictions.
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
On 3 March, Washington expanded its specially designated national list to include another 92 individuals and companies & objects (including one yacht and two planes), which resulted in their assets in the US being frozen, and…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
On 26 February, the West’s economically strongest states (the US, Canada, Germany, France, United Kingdom and Italy) and the European Commission announced an extension of the sanctions package against Russia. In the coming days, they plan…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
On 3 February, the chemical concern EuroChem Group AG, based in Switzerland and owned by the Russian billionaire Andrei Melnichenko, informed that it was holding talks regarding the acquisition of the nitrogen assets of the Borealis Group…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
On 10 December, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation published its ruling in a dispute between the Uraltransmash (a manufacturer of, among other things, trams and military equipment, covered by Western sanctions since 2014) and the…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
In recent days, more records for deaths caused by COVID-19 have been set in Russia. According to official figures, last week saw the highest numbers of new cases (over 36,000 on 21 October) and deaths (over 1000 people a day) since the…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
In recent weeks, Gazprom has stopped reserving any transmission capacities in the Yamal pipeline and the Ukrainian transit network at both the annual and quarterly auctions.
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
More than 800 people died in Russia every day last week (August 12-17). This is the highest death toll since the beginning of the pandemic. At the same time, the number of new infections has been falling since late July (with a comparable…