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| Marek Menkiszak, Andrzej Wilk
US President Barack Obama used his speech in Berlin on 19 June to present a new nuclear disarmament plan. He called upon Russia to start talks on a further reduction in the US and Russian arsenals of strategic nuclear warheads – by up to a…
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| Jadwiga Rogoża
The pro-Kremlin movement, the Popular Front for Russia! (Narodny Front za Rossiyu), held its founding congress on 11–12 June in Moscow, and was unanimous in choosing Vladimir Putin as its leader. The emergence of the Front fits in with the…
Analyses |
| Katarzyna Chawryło
On 5 June the mayor of Moscow Sergei Sobyanin handed in his resignation. President Vladimir Putin accepted his resignation and formally agreed that Sobyanin would run for this office in an early election. This will be held on 8 September.…
Analyses |
| Marek Menkiszak
Russian reports about both the content and the motives behind the decision to revise the plans to construct the Baltic NPP sound less than plausible. Preparations to build small- and medium-sized reactors on the location of the plant will…
Analyses |
| Jakub Groszkowski, Jakub Groszkowski
On 26–29 May, a delegation consisting of politicians and businessmen led by Prime Minister Petr Necas visited Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg and Sochi. While there, they met with President Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister Dmitri…
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz
The 31st Russia-EU summit held on 4–5 June in Yekaterinburg has been added to the list of those which produce barely any outcome. The parties signed only one technical document – on combating the so-called “precursors” used in the…