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Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
The ministers of internal affairs from EU countries met on 7–8 October in Luxembourg to discuss asylum policy and the reaction to a refugee boat sinking near the coast of Lampedusa. At the meeting, Germany opposed the proposal put forward…
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz
The conflict between The Hague and Moscow is an illustration of how strongly the differences in mentality and political culture can exacerbate conflicts in EU-Russia relations. In the case of the row between Russia and Netherlands, these…
Analyses |
| Szymon Kardaś
On 11 October, the CEOs of the state-controlled companies Rosneft and Transneft signed an agreement which sets out the rules for the co-financing of the development of pipelines used for exporting oil to China. Although the deal between…
Analyses |
| Katarzyna Chawryło
On 13 October, the Moscow district of Western Biriulevo saw protests by the local community in response to the murder of a young Russian by an immigrant from Azerbaijan. The riots are a sign of the social tensions which have been rising in…
OSW Studies |
| Marek Menkiszak
On several occasions since 2001 Vladimir Putin has raised the concept of ‘Greater Europe’, a partly-integrated common space comprising mainly Russia and the European Union. In recent years Moscow has undertaken a number of initiatives…
OSW Commentary |
| Kamil Całus
The key element of Chișinău’s diversification project is the construction of the Iasi-Ungheni pipeline, but it won't resolve problem before the end of the current decade.
Analyses |
| Tomasz Dąborowski
According to the Bulgarian deputy prime minister and interior minister Tsvetlin Yovchev, from January to the end of September this year the number of illegal immigrants detained at the Bulgarian border increased sevenfold in comparison to…
Analyses |
| Arkadiusz Sarna
On 8 October, President Vladimir Putin announced that Russia has provided economic assistance to Ukraine in the form of gas sales at a significant discount to make up the winter stock in Ukraine’s underground gas storage reservoirs (UGS). …
Analyses |
| Jakub Groszkowski
In the snap parliamentary elections scheduled for 25-26 October, an important role may be played by political parties which have hitherto been absent from the Chamber of Deputies. The ANO 2011 movement and the Party of Civic Rights – …
Analyses |
| Wojciech Konończuk, Tadeusz A Olszański
On 4 October, Yulia Tymoshenko issued a statement in which she agreed to go abroad for medical treatment without the requirement of legal rehabilitation, while insisting this does not mean she has formally emigrated. This is an important…