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Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński, Piotr Żochowski

Alyaksandr Lukashenka sharpens his rhetoric towards the West

President Alyaksandr Lukashenka informed that the Belarusian prosecution authorities had detained a group of tens of people preparing for an armed provocation.
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

Illusions of power and stark realities The second year of the economic crisis in Belarus

In 2016 the basic macroeconomic indicators of the Belarusian economy clearly proved that the Belarusian government failed to reverse the negative trends.
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński

A series of social protests in Belarus

On 5th March approximately a thousand people protested in Brest against the presidential decree on ‘preventing social parasitism’.
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński

The risk of escalating tensions in Minsk-Moscow relations

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka boycotted the summit of leaders of countries belonging to EaEU and CSTO, which was held in St. Petersburg on 26 December.
OSW Studies | | Kamil Kłysiński, Piotr Żochowski

The End Of The Myth of a brot herly Belarus Russian soft power in Belarus after 2014 the background and its manifestations

The Russian narrative on Belarus changed in 2014, when Russian expert circles and the government elite essentially redefined their perception of their Belarusian ally in the context of the conflict in Ukraine and the escalation of tensions…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński, Szymon Kardaś

Russia and Belarus reach agreement on oil and gas

Russia and Belarus had been unable to reach an agreement concerning co-operation in the oil sector. On 10 October a compromise was reached.
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

How to get out of the crisis without reforms The Belarusian authorities confront growing economic problems

The Belarusian authorities have adopted a familiar tactic in order to obtain large, low-interest stabilisation loans.
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński

Stability not values the EU lifts sanctions against Belarus

Over recent months, the situation in the areas of human rights and civil liberties has not undergone the expected improvement in any of the relevant issues.
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.
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński, Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga

A Russian-Belarusian conflict against a backdrop of potassium fertilisers

The tension between Russia and Belarus after arrest of Vladislav Baumgertner, director general of Uralkali, is growing. Nevertheless, it seems that both parties will be looking to reach a compromise. Neither Minsk nor Moscow are interested…