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Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 8–9 July, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi paid an official visit to Russia. During the 22nd Russian-Indian summit, the two states signed a declaration on the strategic directions of economic cooperation, which included a plan to…
OSW Commentary |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
Russia’s public services are facing chronic issues, stemming from insufficient funding, staff shortages and uneven socio-economic development. These challenges have been exacerbated by Russia’s armed aggression against Ukraine, as the…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 23 June, a series of coordinated terrorist attacks took place in Dagestan, a republic in Russia’s North Caucasus region. The terrorists set fire to a church and a synagogue in Derbent, targeted a church and a traffic police post in the…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 10 April, an around 100-strong contingent of the Africa Corps arrived in Niger. This para-military formation is supervised by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, and it has replaced the so-called Wagner Group, (see ‘The…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 29 February Vladimir Putin delivered his annual state-of-the-nation address to the Federal Assembly, which lasted over two hours. The leitmotiv of his speech was the consolidation of Russian society. He claimed that the invasion of…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz, Piotr Żochowski
Since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine, the Russian authorities have faced the growing problem of replenishing the human losses on the front which have been suffered by both the regular armed forces and the ‘volunteer’ units. In an…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz, Piotr Żochowski
A 100-strong Russian contingent landed in Burkina Faso in late January, and another 200 men are expected to join it in the future. The arrivals are part of the Africa Corps, a force that was recently formed by the Russian defence ministry…
Analyses |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 17 January, Fail Alsynov, one of the informal leaders of the Bashkir national movement, was sentenced to four years in a penal colony for allegedly inciting ethnic hatred. Protests in defence of Alsynov broke out in the town of Baymak,…
Analyses |
| Katarzyna Chawryło, Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 29 October, anti-Israeli and anti-Semitic riots broke out in Makhachkala, the capital of the North Caucasus republic of Dagestan. A crowd overran the airport and stormed onto the tarmac in search of Israeli citizens who were supposedly…
OSW Commentary |
| Miłosz Bartosiewicz
On 8–10 September, elections at various levels were held in most Russian federal subjects. The Kremlin used them to gain more political control over the regions and their capitals. At the same time, Russia’s centralisation process has…