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Analyses | | Kamil Frymark

Chinese and Russian spies in the crosshairs of Germanys secret services

On 23 April, Jian Guo, a long-term assistant to Maximilian Krah, who tops the list of the AfD’s candidates in the European Parliament (EP) elections, was arrested in Dresden on a charge of spying for China. During his career at the EP (…
Analyses | | Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski, Jakub Graca, Jacek Tarociński

The American support package for Ukraine Day 789 of the war

Analyses | | Miłosz Bartosiewicz

The Kremlins march through the Sahel Russian forces in Niger

On 10 April, an around 100-strong contingent of the Africa Corps arrived in Niger. This para-military formation is supervised by the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation, and it has replaced the so-called Wagner Group, (see ‘The…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Strachota, Andrzej Wilk

Russia is withdrawing its forces from Nagorno-Karabakh

On 17 April, the Russian president’s press secretary Dmitry Peskov confirmed that Russia has begun the complete withdrawal of its peace-keeping contingent from Nagorno-Karabakh (now part of the territory of Azerbaijan, but which until…
Analyses | | Sławomir Matuszak

Russias new large-scale attacks on Ukraines energy infrastructure losses and challenges

Over the past three weeks, Russia has employed a new tactic: targeting Ukraine’s critical infrastructure facilities by aiming to destroy its power plants. This has proved more effective and devastating than the tactics it used in late 2022…
Analyses | | Jakub Ber, Andrzej Wilk

Russian attacks on energy systems intensify Day 782 of the war

Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska

The Wests sanction pressure on Russia is rising

On 12 April, the Council of the European Union adopted a directive according to which circumventing the sanctions imposed on Russia shall be considered a crime and prosecuted. The document commits all EU member states to punish…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Georgia the foreign agent law v20 A toughening stance ahead of elections

At the beginning of April, in response to a motion tabled by the ruling Georgian Dream party (GD), Georgia’s parliament launched work on a draft law concerning “the transparency of foreign influence”. The draft states that various entities…
OSW Commentary | | Katarzyna Chawryło

A holy war The Russian Orthodox Church blesses the war against the West

Representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) have supported the war and justified Russia’s aggressive policy since the beginning of the invasion of Ukraine. There have been very few voices criticising the invasion among the clergy…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Armenia between the West and the threat of war

On 5 April, an unprecedented Armenia-EU-US summit took place in Brussels, with the participation of Armenian prime minister Nikol Pashinyan, President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen and US Secretary of State Antony Blinken…