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Point of View | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

The Southern Gas Corridor The Azerbaijani-Turkish project becomes part of the game between Russia and the EU

The crisis in EU-Russia relations over Ukraine has made the two players interested in the Southern Gas Corridor once again.
OSW Commentary | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz, Ewa Fischer

The Eurasian Economic Union – more political less economic

While the Kremlin presents the EEU as the Eurasian equivalent of the European Union, the project is in reality an imitation of integration.
OSW Commentary | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Kazakhstans attitude towards integration with Russia less love more fear

Russia’s annexation of Crimea and destabilization of Ukraine have created a new context for Kazakhstan’s foreign and domestic policy.
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Customs Union summit in the context of Ukraine

The continuing conflict in Ukraine has raised concerns among Russia’s key partners in the CIS area.
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Moscow is haggling with Baku ahead of the presidential election

Vladimir Putin visited Baku on 13 August. The most important effect of the visit was the framework co-operation agreement signed by Rosneft and the Azeri energy company SOCAR. The deal indicates that Russia, in exchange for refraining from…
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

The Southern Caucasus is turning into a Russian playground

Tension has been rising in the Southern Caucasus over the past few months. This is primarily an effect of the upcoming presidential elections in Georgia and Azerbaijan (October) and the fact that another stage bringing the region closer to…
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Kazakhstan distances itself from Moscows integration projects

On 18 January, at a meeting with the heads of foreign missions accredited in Astana, Kazakhstan's President Nursultan Nazarbayev questioned the need for deeper integration in the Eurasian Union which has been jointly developed with Russia…
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Russia as the main corridor for oil export from Kazakhstan

On 15 December, the Caspian Pipeline Consortium (CPC), which is the owner and the operator of the Tengiz–Novorossiysk oil pipeline, made the final decision to increase the pipeline’s flow capacity from the present level of 28 million…
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz, Kamil Kłysiński, Iwona Wiśniewska

Common Economic Space another step towards integration focused on Russia

The chances of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus creating a common market in the planned form and by the intended deadline are limited. Closer cooperation between those countries will be the result of a lengthy and difficult process.