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OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński, Piotr Żochowski

Education serves the regime The ideologisation and militarisation of the Belarusian education system

As the Belarusian regime has intensified its policy of repression against society since August 2020, its other domestic policy priorities have come to include an overhaul of the education system and stricter supervision over Belarusian…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

A crisis rather than a disaster The Belarusian economy a year into Russias war against Ukraine

The stability of the Belarusian economy has come under threat from the new Western sanctions, imposed on the country in 2022 for its complicity in the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the loss of the Ukrainian market. According to the most…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński, Piotr Żochowski

The reluctant co-aggressor Minsks complicity in the war against Ukraine

Since the beginning of Russia’s aggression against Ukraine, the Republic of Belarus (RB) has made its territory and its military, transport and logistical infrastructure available to the Russian army. However, the Belarusian army is not…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

The price of dependence on Russia The economic consequences of Belaruss complicity in Russias aggression against Ukraine

In Q1 2022, Belarus’s GDP contracted by 0.4% – the first GDP decline since the end of 2020. Being Russia’s closest military ally, Belarus has made its territory available to the Russian Armed Forces, thereby joining Russia’s invasion of…
OSW Commentary | | Piotr Żochowski

Lukashenkas last line of defence The Belarusian security apparatus in a time of crisis

The political crisis which has been raging in Belarus since August 2020 and the growing public discontent with the regime have become the greatest challenge to the current government in recent history. Lukashenka has not considered the…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

Protest suspended – Belarusian society one year after the presidential elections

The progressive decline in living standards in Belarus and the authorities' dismissive attitude towards the COVID-19 pandemic have intensified public disillusionment with Alyaksandr Lukashenka. This led to an increase in the civic activity…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

Eradicating Polishness Lukashenka on the Polish national minority schools in Belarus

The Polish national minority school system in Belarus was created from scratch in the 1990s with financial support from Warsaw and an organisational effort of the Polish minority in Belarus. Although in its first years it developed…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

Pressure being stepped up cautiously the EUs and USs sanctions against Belarus

The rigged presidential election held in Belarus on 9 August 2020 and the brutal crackdown on the participants of post-election demonstrations triggered immediate criticism from the leaders of EU member states. These developments, combined…
OSW Commentary | | OSW team

Belarusians on Poland Russia and themselves. Analysis of a public opinion poll commissioned by the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW)

Belarus is the only country in Europe where public opinion polls are not published on a regular basis. This is a result of repressive policy of the Belarusian government, which has effectively banned sociological research related to…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

The regimes fight to survive 100 days of political crisis in Belarus

The massive public protests against the rigging of the presidential election’s results which began on 9 August have led to the deepest political crisis in the history of independent Belarus. For the first time, a situation has arisen in…