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OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

Big business in Belarus - its genesis conditions and prospects

Over the past ten to twenty years, Belarus has seen a steep rise in the number of local dollar millionaires. This has somewhat undermined the myth of an egalitarian model of society promoted through the Belarusian state propaganda.
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

An economy with unrealistic indicators an evaluation of the economic situation in Belarus and a forecast for 2013

The macroeconomic results achieved by Belarus in 2012 laid bare the weakness and the inefficiency of its economy. Belarus’s GDP and positive trade balance were growing in the first half of last year. However, this trend was reversed when…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

No other choice but co-operation The background of Lithuanias and Latvias relations with Belarus

For years now Belarus has been a key economic partner for Lithuania and Latvia. These two Baltic states have well-developed port infrastructure and thus provide what are the geographically closest and also the cheapest exit to…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński, Marek Menkiszak

Will the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus exacerbate the countrys energy dependence on Russia

During Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev’s working visit to Minsk on 18 July, Russia and Belarus signed a general contract for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus. The signature brought to an end the complex negotiations which…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński, Wojciech Konończuk

An inexhaustible source of income The significance of Belarusian refineries and the outlook for the future

Belarus generated a surplus at US$1.9 billion in foreign trade in goods and services in the first four months of 2012 as compared to a deficit of US$2.8 billion for the same timeframe a year earlier. Minsk owes this, its highest positive…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

Systemic crisis in Alexander Lukashenkos regime

The lack of freedom of manoeuvre in foreign policy, no possibility to maintain a costly economic model and the lack of support from the majority of society all prove that Alexander Lukashenko's regime is in severe crisis.
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

On the verge of crisis Mounting economic problems in Belarus

Belarus’s financial condition has visibly worsened since the beginning of this year. The severe falls in the country’s foreign currency reserves and its shortage of foreign currency on the international market pose an increasing threat to…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński, Wojciech Konończuk

Lukashenka has to choose reforms or concessions to Russia

The most serious crisis in the history of Russian-Belarusian relations has been taking place over the past few months. In 2007 Russia started the process of depriving Belarus of subsidies in the form of supplies of fuels at low prices,…