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Analyses |
| Maria Domańska
Runoffs in which heads of the regions (governors) are elected were held in Russia on 16 and 23 September. The vote in the first round did not decide on the winners in four out of the twenty-two regions in which the governors were elected…
Analyses |
| Jadwiga Rogoża
On 14 September, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church suspended its working relations with Constantinople in response to Ukraine’s expected autocephaly.
OSW Commentary |
| Iwona Wiśniewska, Jadwiga Rogoża
The 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia has become the most expensive World Cup in history, with its cost standing at more than US$ 13 billion.
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz, Michał Bogusz
The 4th Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok was principally the setting for a meeting between Vladimir Putin and the leaders of China, Japan, Mongolia and South Korea.
Analyses |
| Agata Łoskot-Strachota
On 5 September, the Nord Stream 2 company began laying the first pipes in the Gulf of Finland, thus marking the start of the gas pipeline’s construction.
Analyses |
| Jadwiga Rogoża
On 29 August, Vladimir Putin gave a televised address in which he presented a rationale for implementing the reform raising the retirement age.
OSW Commentary |
| Jadwiga Rogoża
In recent months, Moscow oblast has seen a series of social protests against environmental problems caused by municipal waste landfills.
Analyses |
| Mariusz Marszewski
On 12 August, the leaders of all five coastal countries adopted a framework convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea during the Caspian Summit in Aktau, Kazakhstan.
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz, Anna Kwiatkowska
On 18 August, Chancellor Angela Merkel and President Vladimir Putin held a working meeting at the castle in Meseberg near Berlin.
OSW Commentary |
| Krzysztof Nieczypor
The construction and opening in May 2018 of the Crimean Bridge has contributed to a worsening of Russian–Ukrainian relations in the Sea of Azov.