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OSW Studies | | Iwona Wiśniewska, Ewa Paszyc

Big business in the Russian economy and politics under Putins rule

The pace of ownership transfer in the Russian economy has speeded up considerably over the last year. There has been a significant rise in the number of acquisitions of whole enterprises, and large blocks of shares in individual firms and…
OSW Studies | | Ewa Paszyc

The Russian power industry shortly before reforms

This study is an overview of the current condition and principles on which the Russian power sector has been functioning so far. This analysis has been carried out against the background of the changes that have been taking place in the…
OSW Studies | | Arkadiusz Sarna

Ukrainian metallurgy the economic link in the oligarchic power system

The growth of metallurgic production, which has continued almost without interruption since the mid-1990s, has contributed considerably to the increase in GDP which Ukraine showed in 2000, for the first time in its independent history
OSW Studies | | Marek Menkiszak

Relations between Russia and NATO before and after the 11th of September

1. A crucial issue for Russia has always been such a shaping of the European security architecture which would guarantee the possibility of its participation in decision-making in issues referring to European security, especially crisis…
OSW Studies | | Miryna Kutysz, Joanna Hyndle-Hussein

Lithuania Latvia and Estonias aspirations to integrate with NATO and the EU in the context of these countries relations with Russia

Membership of NATO and the EU is apriority of the foreign policies of Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. The main stimulus that drives these membership aspirations is the will to ensure the security of these countries and to ultimately…
OSW Studies | | Tadeusz A Olszański

Ukraine and Russia mutual relations and the conditions that determine them

Among all of the countries that border Ukraine, the Russian Federation is its most important partner. Ukraine·s relations with Moscow are the key issue of its foreign policy to such an extent that each option of the Ukrainian foreign…
OSW Studies | | Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga

The Republic of Belarus or the Belarussian republic

Belarus has not broken off its bonds with Moscow after the break-up of the Soviet Union. Throughout the whole period of the Belarussian independence we can observe the country·s strong political, economic and military dependence on Russia…
OSW Studies | | Marek Menkiszak

Putin the first year

A year has passed since Vladimir Putin was sworn in as President of the Russian Federation on 7 May 2000, five months after taking over the duties of head of state from Boris Yeltsin. This prompts our attempt at a certain summing-up of the…
OSW Studies | | Bartosz Cichocki, Andrzej Wilk, Katarzyna Pełczyńska-Nałęcz

The Kaliningrad Oblast in the context of EU enlargement

Last year Kaliningrad became the subject of an international debate involving first of all the European Union, Russia, the USA, and the countries bordering the enclave, Poland and Lithuania. Such keen interest in a small region of less…
OSW Studies | | Krzysztof Strachota

New Regional In-Security System in Central Asia

The basic reason why the Central Asian states are compelled to participate in building regional order with the help of Russia is the threat posed by the activities of fundamentalist Islamic movements. The most serious manifestations of…