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Analyses |
| OSW team
On 25 April, the Azerbaijani oil and gas company SOCAR and operators of gas transmission networks from Bulgaria, Romania, Hungary and Slovakia signed a memorandum of understanding in Sofia concerning the implementation of the Solidarity…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Strachota
A wide-ranging amendment to Uzbekistan’s constitution came into effect on 1 May. It was adopted on the basis of a referendum held the day before, with the support of 90.12% of voters and a turnout of 84.5%. the poll passed off peacefully,…
Analyses |
| Marcin Popławski
On 27 March, the Central Election Committee issued the official results of the elections
Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
On 9 March, the parliamentary majority withdrew the draft law ‘On the Transparency of Foreign Influence’, which had been adopted two days earlier at the first reading (it had previously been decided that the other draft, ‘On the…
OSW Commentary |
| Wojciech Górecki, Krzysztof Strachota
More than two years after the end of the Second Karabakh War in November 2020, the situation in the conflict area remains highly unstable. Despite declarations of a de facto solution to the problem, intensive peace talks and Armenia…
Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
On 31 January, news reports started circulating that Mikheil Saakashvili’s health had rapidly deteriorated, and the former Georgian president had been taken to an intensive care unit. The news was debunked by the end of the day, but it…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Strachota, Marcin Popławski
On 19 January 2023, Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev dissolved the lower house of parliament (the Mazhilis) and called early general elections for 19 March. According to the schedule adopted by the Central Election Committee,…
Analyses |
| Marcin Popławski, Michał Bogusz, Krzysztof Strachota
On 5–6 January 2023, Turkmenistan’s president Serdar Berdimuhamedow paid a state visit to China. During his meeting with Xi Jinping, marking the 31st anniversary of the establishment of their countries’ diplomatic relations, the two…
Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
On 17 January, the authorities of the unrecognised Nagorno-Karabakh Republic began issuing ration coupons for certain food products, including rice, porridge and sugar. The rationing is related to growing difficulties in supplying the…