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OSW Commentary | | Kamil Całus

Gagauzia growing separatism in Moldova

Despite the complicated relations between Chisinau and Gagauzia, it seems that there is little danger that the region may become dangerously unstable.
OSW Commentary | | Marta Jaroszewicz

Ukrainians EU migration prospects

Despite fears, the scenario of a mass migration of people from Ukraine seems rather unlikely.
OSW Commentary | | Arkadiusz Sarna

The transformation of agriculture in Ukraine From collective farms to agroholdings

In recent years, Ukraine’s agriculture has been consistently improving and has been the only part of the country’s economy to buck the recession.
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Konończuk, Tadeusz A Olszański

What do the Maidan protests tell us about Ukraine Diagnosis and prospects for Ukrainian politics

The expectations of political and social change produced by the Maidan rallies among large parts of the Ukrainian public will not disappear.
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Całus

The Iasi-Ungheni pipeline a means of achieving energy independence from Russia Moldovas attempts at gas supply diversification

The key element of Chișinău’s diversification project is the construction of the Iasi-Ungheni pipeline, but it won't resolve problem before the end of the current decade.
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

Big business in Belarus - its genesis conditions and prospects

Over the past ten to twenty years, Belarus has seen a steep rise in the number of local dollar millionaires. This has somewhat undermined the myth of an egalitarian model of society promoted through the Belarusian state propaganda.
OSW Commentary | | Arkadiusz Sarna

Kyivs gas strategy closer cooperation with Gazprom or a genuine diversification

In recent months Kyiv has been intensifying its efforts to diversify Ukraine’s gas supply routes with a view to reducing the country’s dependence on imports from Russia. One of the steps which Kyiv has taken has been to make the…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Całus

An aided economy The characteristics of the Transnistrian economic model

The economy of breakaway Transnistria is a peculiar combination of the command-and-distribution model inherited from the USSR with elements of a free-market economy which is heavily dependent on Russian energy and financial subsidies. The…
OSW Commentary | | Mychajło Honczar

First steps into the unknown The prospects of unconventional gas extraction in Ukraine

Ukraine has had to wait nearly four decades for this opportunity to regain its status of a major gas producer. Gas from unconventional sources may lead not only to Ukraine becoming self-sufficient in terms of energy supplies, but may also…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

An economy with unrealistic indicators an evaluation of the economic situation in Belarus and a forecast for 2013

The macroeconomic results achieved by Belarus in 2012 laid bare the weakness and the inefficiency of its economy. Belarus’s GDP and positive trade balance were growing in the first half of last year. However, this trend was reversed when…