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Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
On the morning of 6 October, Russian kamikaze drones attacked Ukrainian infrastructure in the Izmail region of the Danube Delta. The damage inflicted included the Orlivka ferry crossing on the border with Romania (the Ukrainians announced…
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…
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło, Miłosz Bartosiewicz
Azerbaijan’s military operation in Nagorno-Karabakh (19–20 September), which forced the unrecognised republic to announce that it would dissolve itself on 1 January 2024, was accompanied by an escalation of the already tense relations…
Analyses | | Lidia Gibadło, Marcin Popławski
The first leaders’ summit in the Central Asia-Federal Republic of Germany (C5+RFN) format took place in Berlin on 29 September. The five leaders of the region met with Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier, both as a…
OSW Commentary | | Marek Matusiak
Since January 2023, Israel has seen the biggest street protests in its history. The demonstrators are opposed to the judicial reforms which the government has announced, in particular to the intention to limit the competences of the…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki
Just over 100,000 Armenians, almost the entire population of Nagorno-Karabakh, had left this territory by 2 October (the government in Yerevan had previously given the parastate’s population at around 120,000). On that day, the organised…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
The Russians have been continuing their attacks on Ukrainian infrastructure at the rear of the frontline. On 30 September, kamikaze drones struck Kalinivka in Vinnytsia oblast (where an ammunition depot was probably destroyed) and the port…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Nieczypor
On 21 September the Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, voted to amend the Law on National Minorities (Communities). All the parliamentary groups unanimously voted in its favour (only three MPs abstained from voting, no one opposed…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Dębiec
In the elections held on 30 September to the Národná Rada, the unicameral Slovak parliament, the best result was achieved by the national-left party Smer (Direction)-Social Democracy, led by the former three-time prime minister Robert Fico…
OSW Commentary | | Sandra Baniak
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