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Analyses |
| Konrad Popławski
Both the German and the Russian side want the contract to build a fast railway connection from Moscow to Kazan to be concluded.
Analyses |
| Wojciech Konończuk, Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga
The Geneva agreement does not mean that Kyiv is beginning to regain the initiative, nor will it have any real impact on the situation in eastern Ukraine.
Analyses |
| Szymon Kardaś
Moscow tries to use the Ukrainian crisis as a pretext to revise gas cooperation with the EU.
OSW Commentary |
| Konrad Popławski, Anna Kwiatkowska
The crisis in Ukraine have brought about a situation in which it is necessary for Germany to make decisions and take action. No one in Berlin was prepared for this.
Analyses |
| Kamil Całus, Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga
By fomenting separatism in Moldova’s regions, Russia wants to prevent Moldova from signing an Association Agreement with the EU.
Analyses |
| Tadeusz A Olszański
The Kurultai’s (national quasi-parliament) statement demonstrates their effective acceptance of the status quo.
Analyses |
| Marek Menkiszak
Russia is treating negotiations with the West as a key instrument for achieving its political goals regarding Ukraine.
OSW Commentary |
| Marek Menkiszak
The starting point of Putin’s doctrine lies in a certain view of the world, which presupposes the existence of a natural civilisational community, with Russia at the centre.
Analyses |
| Maciej Falkowski
The first non-Chechen leader of the Caucasian militants marks the culmination of a trend shifting the weight of fighting in the Caucasus from Chechnya to Dagestan.
Analyses |
| Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga, Arkadiusz Sarna
Russian economic sanctions pose an enormous challenge to Ukraine, whose economy has been in recession over the past two years.