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OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Kłysiński
The stability of the Belarusian economy has come under threat from the new Western sanctions, imposed on the country in 2022 for its complicity in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the loss of the Ukrainian market. According to the most…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
The founding congress of the Belaya Rus political party was held in Minsk on 18 March. It is based on the pro-regime social organisation of the same name, which has been active since 2007. More than 1000 delegates adopted its party…
Point of View |
| Kamil Kłysiński, Piotr Żochowski
The marginalisation of the civilian segment of the state apparatus at all levels of government which has been ongoing since 2020 is to the advantage of the state security sector which at present forms the main internal pillar of Lukashenka…
Analyses |
| Michał Bogusz, Kamil Kłysiński
Alyaksandr Lukashenka paid an official visit to the People’s Republic of China (PRC) between 28 February and 2 March. His accompanying delegation included the First Deputy Prime Minister Mikalay Snapkou and the Minister of Foreign Affairs…
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Kłysiński, Piotr Żochowski
Since the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus (RB) has made its territory and its military, transport and logistical infrastructure available to the Russian army. However, the Belarusian army is not…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 8 February, a regional court in Hrodna sentenced Andrzej Poczobut, the journalist and deputy chairman of the Union of Poles in Belarus, to eight years’ imprisonment to a hard-labour penal colony. Poczobut had been charged with “calling…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
An amendment to the law On the citizenship of the Republic of Belarus, signed by Alyaksandr Lukashenka, was published on 10 January. Its provisions include the possibility of revoking the citizenship of a person living abroad who has been…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 8 December, Belarusian president Alyaksandr Lukashenka signed the law on amnesty which had been announced several months earlier, on the occasion of National Unity Day on 17 September. According to the document, 4500 individuals…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński, Krzysztof Nieczypor
On 10 October, the leader of the Belarusian opposition Sviatlana Tsikhanouskaya proposed to President Volodymyr Zelensky that an alliance be formed between Ukraine and a free & democratic Belarus – i.e. the interim cabinet formed under…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński, Piotr Żochowski
On 27–28 September, representatives of the Belarusian and Russian defence ministries met in Moscow for talks on the prospects for military cooperation. Belarusian military officials announced an unannounced test of the combat &…