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OSW Commentary | | Szymon Kardaś, Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Sławomir Matuszak
On 21 January another round of trilateral gas talks between Russia, Ukraine and the European Union was held in Brussels. This meeting mainly concerned the new Russian-Ukrainian transit contract; the transit contract currently in force…
OSW Commentary | | Krzysztof Nieczypor
The conflict in eastern Ukraine that has been going on for more than four years has resulted in one of country’s worst social crises. More than 10 000 people have now been killed, and more than 25 000 injured in the conflict. The…
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz A Olszański
On 15 December in Kyiv, the Orthodox Church General Council of the Metropolis of Kyiv, which is subordinate to the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, was convened.
OSW Commentary | | Justyna Gotkowska, Piotr Szymański
For quite some time, territorial defence seemed to be an obsolete need, a leftover from the Cold War era. However, Russia’s overt and covert uses of military force—against Georgia in 2008 and against Ukraine since 2014—have profoundly…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Frymark
The Christian Social Union (CSU) has ruled Bavaria continuously for sixty years. The CSU’s domination of the province’s political scene, together with its influence on federal policies through its partnership with the CDU in the Bundestag…
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Konończuk
For a number of months now the Ukrainian gas mining sector has been undergoing a major overhaul to improve the conditions in which it operates, with a view to significantly increasing production. The most important reforms include lowering…
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.
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki
In mid-August, a hundred days passed since Nikol Pashinyan took office as Armenia’s Prime Minister, which is an office of key importance for the Armenian political system.
OSW Commentary | | Jakub Jakóbowski, Mariusz Marszewski
The currency crisis, caused by the collapse in gas prices, has turned into the most serious social and political crisis in the history of Turkmenistan.
OSW Commentary | | Jadwiga Rogoża
In recent months, Moscow oblast has seen a series of social protests against environmental problems caused by municipal waste landfills.