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| Witold Rodkiewicz, Piotr Żochowski
On July 8-9, a three-member delegation of the Taliban (who consider themselves the government of the so-called Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) visited Moscow, where they held consultations with the Russian President’s Special…
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| Piotr Żochowski
On 15 July, by a majority of 291 votes, Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada dismissed Interior Minister Arsen Avakov from his post, acceding to a motion he had submitted two days earlier. His successor will be Denys Monastyrsky, chairman of the…
Analyses |
| Piotr Szymański
In late June, the commander of the US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Gen. Richard Clarke was accompanied by the commander of the US Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) Maj. Gen. David Tabor when he visited Lithuania, Latvia…
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska
12 July 2021 saw the publication of an article by President Vladimir Putin, entitled ‘On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians’, which had been announced on 30 June 2021 during the President’s Direct Line public conference with…
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| OSW team
In the early parliamentary elections held in Moldova on 11 July, the pro-Western Action and Solidarity Party (PAS), linked to the incumbent President Maia Sandu, received the most votes. This party won 52.8% of the votes, which will give…
Analyses |
| Sławomir Matuszak
On July 1, the law of March 31, 2020 came into force, introducing for the first time in the history of independent Ukraine the possibility for owners of agricultural land to sell it. Until the end of 2023, only natural persons will be able…
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| Piotr Żochowski
On 25 June, another package of EU sanctions against Belarus, related to the Minsk regime’s serious violations of human rights, came into force. In contrast to the previous restrictions, including those of 21 June concerning persons and…
Analyses |
| Piotr Żochowski
On 21 June, the Council of the European Union extended the list of sanctions against Belarus for the fourth time since last year’s rigged presidential elections. The immediate impulse for this latest move was the regime forcing a Ryanair…
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| Wojciech Górecki
On 20 June, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan's Civil Contract party won the early parliamentary elections in Armenia. According to complete, albeit unofficial, data, it won 53.9% of the vote, enabling it to form a government on its own.
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| Marek Menkiszak, Witold Rodkiewicz
In Geneva on 16 June, the new US President Joe Biden and the Russian President Vladimir Putin met for the first time. The talks, in a narrow group and with an expanded delegation, lasted a total of two and a half hours. According to the…