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| 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…
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| 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…
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz
Last week, there were reports in the pres s that Russia had supplied technologically advanced missiles to Syria. These deliveries, together with the presence of the Russian Navy off the Syrian coast, are an expression of the Kremlin’s…
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| Ewa Fischer
Weaker than expected economic growth rates in the first quarter of this year have led the Russian government to revise its estimates of GDP growth in 2013 downwards from 3.7 to 2.4%. Although the economy has already entered a period of…
Analyses |
| Aleksandra Jarosiewicz
Tension has been rising in the Southern Caucasus over the past few months. This is primarily an effect of the upcoming presidential elections in Georgia and Azerbaijan (October) and the fact that another stage bringing the region closer to…
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz
On 7-8 May the US new Secretary of State John Kerry paid his first official visit to Moscow. The way the visit developed along with Kerry’s rhetoric point to the fact that the Obama administration is consistently seeking to repeat the…
Analyses |
| Wojciech Górecki
On 18 April, about 300 Chechen policemen burst into the Ingush village of Arshty. The officers were accompanied by politicians, including the Russian Duma deputy Adam Delimkhanov. The pretext was a search for the leader of the armed…
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| Wojciech Górecki
On 15 April Islam Karimov, the President of Uzbekistan, paid a visit to Moscow. His talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin focused on economic issues and regional security in Central Asia, especially in the context of the planned…
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| Jadwiga Rogoża
On 2 April, Russian President Vladimir Putin issued two executive decrees implementing laws on anti-corruption and the monitoring of conformity of public officials’ expenditure with their income. The decrees specify the new requirements to…