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Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska, Sławomir Matuszak, Jan Strzelecki

Russias response to Ukrainian sanctions

The Russian government imposed economic sanctions on Ukraine on 1 November by way of a decree passed by the president of the Russian Federation on 22 October. According to the document, the funds, securities and assets of selected…
Analyses | | Jan Strzelecki

Relations severed between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople the prospect of a new schism

On 15 October, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) decided to sever relations and eucharistic communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (PC). This decision is a reaction to the decision by the Synod of Bishops…
Analyses | | Jan Strzelecki, Tadeusz Iwański, Piotr Żochowski

The leader of the Donetsk separatists is assassinated

On 31 August, in the centre of Donetsk, there was a successful assassination attempt against Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the leader of the unrecognised ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’.
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki, Jan Strzelecki

The second phase of the Armenian revolution The arrest of former President Robert Kocharyan

On 27 July, a court in Yerevan ordered the arrest for two months of Robert Kocharyan, the former president of Armenia from 1998 to 2008.
Analyses | | Jan Strzelecki

Tensions between Greece and Russia with Macedonia in the background

In recent weeks there has been a cooling in the traditionally friendly relations between Greece and Russia.
Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska, Jan Strzelecki

The opening of the bridge from Russia to Crimea

On 15 May, Vladimir Putin officially opened the bridge connecting Russia with the Crimean Peninsula via the Kerch Strait.
Analyses | | Tomasz Piechal, Jan Strzelecki

The coup detat in Luhansk

On 25 November, as a result of an armed coup, Igor Plotnitsky, the leader of the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic, was replaced by Leonid Pasechnik.
Analyses | | Tadeusz Iwański, Jan Strzelecki, Wojciech Konończuk

Russias ploy with UN forces in the Donbas

At the BRICS summit in China Vladimir Putin announced that Russia would propose a draft resolution on the deployment of UN peacekeeping forces in Donbas.
OSW Commentary | | Jan Strzelecki

Russian nationalism three years after the annexation of Crimea

The annexation of Crimea and Russia’s military action in the Donbas in 2014 have revealed a major potential for a revival of nationalist sentiments in Russian society.
Analyses | | Jan Strzelecki

Navalny eliminated from presidential elections in Russia

On 3 May, the Court rejected an appeal by Aleksei Navalny against his five-year suspended sentence in a case involving fraud in the Kirovles company.