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Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński

Minsk is searching for possibilities normalise relations with the EU

Two Belarusian political prisoners, a former presidential candidate Andrei Sannikau and his aide Zmitser Bandarenka, who had both been sentenced to several years in prison in spring 2011, were released on 14 and 15 April.
Analyses | | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein, Kamil Kłysiński

Limited EU economic sanctions on Belarus

On 23 March, the EU decided to extend its sanctions on Belarus. The list of 232 people banned from entering the EU was extended by a further 12 names, including two major Belarusian businessmen suspected of financially supporting the…
Analyses | | Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga

A demonstration of Eurasian solidarity

The Prime Ministers of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus, the member states of the Common Economic Space established at the initiative of Russia, issued a joint statement on 11 March in which they deemed unacceptable the sanctions against…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński, Rafał Sadowski

Belaruss diplomatic war with the European Union

By ratcheting up the tension with the EU, Minsk is hoping to reinforce the divisions between those member states which are primarily interested in developing economic cooperation with Belarus, and those that advocate taking a firm stance…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński

Belarus is trying to use the issue of political prisoners as a bargaining chip in its relations with the West

On 25 January at a press conference Iryna Khalip, the wife of one of Belarus's political prisoners, Andrei Sannikau, announced that already last November her husband, probably pressured by tortures and threats, asked President Alexander…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński

Lukashenka agrees to make crucial concessions to Russia

In the absence of prospects for economic recovery and a return to dialogue with the West, it will be extremely difficult for Lukashenka to inhibit the further expansion of Russian capital, which is tantamount to a significant reduction…
Analyses | | Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga

The next stage of integration in the post-Soviet area

On 18 November in Moscow, the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan – Dmitri Medvedev, Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Nursultan Nazarbayev – signed documents designed to lead to the creation of a Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński, Piotr Żochowski

Lukashenka increases the role of the power ministries

In the past two months, the President of Belarus Alyaksandr Lukashenka has taken a number of steps to strengthen and modify the role of the power ministries in managing the state and enhancing the military factor in the functioning of…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

Systemic crisis in Alexander Lukashenkos regime

The lack of freedom of manoeuvre in foreign policy, no possibility to maintain a costly economic model and the lack of support from the majority of society all prove that Alexander Lukashenko's regime is in severe crisis.
Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska

Signing an agreement on a free-trade zone within the CIS

This document is intended to replace more than 100 bilateral agreements which currently govern free trade between these countries. The free trade area can only come into force when all the signatory states ratify it.