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OSW Studies | | Katarzyna Chawryło

The altar and throne alliance The Russian Orthodox Church vs the government in Russia

The Russian Orthodox Church Moscow Patriarchate plays an essential role in the process of self-identification of the Russian people.
OSW Studies | | Józef Lang, Maciej Falkowski

Hostages to Moscow clients of Beijing Security in Central Asia as the role of the West diminishes

The end of the Western military presence in Central Asia will mean the West’s influence on the security sphere in the region will be marginalised.
OSW Studies | | Szymon Kardaś

The tug of war Russias response to changes on the European gas market

Moscow is preparing itself for the ‘long game’ in gas with its European partners.
OSW Studies | | Jadwiga Rogoża

Federation without federalism Relations between Moscow and the regions

Moscow’s control over the regions is currently so thorough that it contradicts the formally existing federal form of government in Russia.
OSW Studies | | Wojciech Górecki

Ever further from Moscow Russias stance on Central Asia

Since the collapse of the USSR, Russian influence in Central Asia has undergone a far-reaching erosion. The process is unlikely to be reversed.
OSW Studies | | Wojciech Górecki

No change in the Russian Caucasus The winter olympics amid a local war

Considering the scale of violence in the North Caucasus, the conflict in the region should be regarded as a local civil war.
OSW Studies | | Marek Menkiszak

Greater Europe Putins Vision of the European Disintegration

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 Studies | | Iwona Wiśniewska

Eurasian integration Russias attempt at the economic unification of the Post-Soviet area

In 2009, Vladimir Putin, the then Russian prime minister, gave impetus to the establishment of closer relations within what was then a still narrow group of three countries: Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Close co-operation is expected to…
OSW Studies | | Jadwiga Rogoża, Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga, Iwona Wiśniewska

A captive island Kaliningrad between Moscow and the EU

The Kaliningrad region can be called a 'captive island', because of its specific geopolitical location - it is part of the Russian legal, political and economic space, yet it is geographically separated from the rest of the Russian…
OSW Studies | | Wojciech Konończuk

Russias best ally The situation of the Russian oil sector and forecast for its future

Oil is a strategic raw material for Russia and one of fundamental significance for the functioning of the state and its future. Taxes on oil production and exports are the most important source of state budget revenues which guarantee…