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Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 19 May the management of a Polish secondary school in Grodno informed the parents of its pupils that, as of the new school year, Russian and Belarusian will replace Polish as the languages used in classes. A similar solution is also to…
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Kłysiński
In Q1 2022, Belarus’s GDP contracted by 0.4% – the first GDP decline since the end of 2020. Being Russia’s closest military ally, Belarus has made its territory available to the Russian Armed Forces, thereby joining Russia’s invasion of…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
In the light of the Lukashenka regime’s de facto complicity in the Russian aggression against Ukraine, the Belarusian political circles in exile have undertaken a number of actions on the international stage.
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 2 March, the Council of the European Union adopted a new package of restrictions against Belarus in response to its complicity in the Russian aggression against Ukraine. These sectoral economic sanctions are aimed at completely…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 1 March, Alyaksandr Lukashenka firmly denied reports, based on Western and Ukrainian intelligence sources, that Moscow had forced Minsk to use Belarusian airborne units – the divisions which are most deeply integrated with the Russian…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 22–27 February a constitutional referendum was held in Belarus.
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 1 February, the Lithuanian rail freight carrier LTG Cargo stopped transporting Belarusian potash fertilisers from the Belaruskaliy potassium company. Transit was suspended in connection with Vilnius’s decision to terminate the bilateral…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 6 January 2022, during a meeting to discuss historical policy, Alyaksandr Lukashenka stressed that the “correct interpretation of history” is of key importance to the state’s security. He ordered historians to review the descriptions of…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 2 December, the Council of the European Union announced the decision to adopt another package – the fifth in succession – of sanctions against Belarus to be introduced since the rigged presidential elections on 9 August 2020. The EU’s…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
During the first three quarters of this year, Belarus recorded a GDP growth of 2.7% – this is more than the spring forecasts presented by the government and international financial institutions. The economy achieved this positive result in…