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OSW Commentary | | Szymon Kardaś, Iwona Wiśniewska

The Ulyukaev case – tension inside the Russian elite

Much seems to indicate that the Ulyukaev case is an element of the rivalry of opposing groups of interest inside the Russian ruling elite.
Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś, Witold Rodkiewicz

The Russian-Saudi summit

King Salman of Saudi Arabia paid an official visit to Moscow on 4th-7th October. During the visit he met President Vladimir Putin and Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev.
Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś, Rafał Bajczuk

A gas pipeline above the law The EU Councils legal service gives its opinion on Nord Stream 2

On 27 September, the legal service of the Council of the EU issued a legal opinion on the EC’s proposal to the EU Council for permission to start negotiations with Russia. 
Analyses | | Marcin Kaczmarski, Jakub Groszkowski, Szymon Kardaś

Chinas CEFC has acquired a stake in Rosneft

On 8th September Glencore and Qatar Investment Fund announced that China’s CEFC would shortly finalise a transaction to buy 14.16% of shares in Rosneft.
Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś, Witold Rodkiewicz

The first meeting of Presidents Putin and Trump

The G20 summit held in Hamburg on 7 July saw the first meeting between the President of Russia Vladimir Putin and the US President Donald Trump.
OSW Studies | | Szymon Kardaś

A region with special needs The Russian Far East in Moscows policy

Although in the 1990s the Russian Far East was not an important region in Russian central government’s internal policy, when Vladimir Putin assumed the presidency it was declared strategically significant.
OSW Commentary | | Szymon Kardaś, Kamil Kłysiński

The story that never ends A new stage in the energy dispute between Russia and Belarus

The energy sector is an essential area in Russian-Belarusian relations.
Analyses | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Szymon Kardaś, Rafał Bajczuk

The Nord Stream 2 financing agreements

On 24 April in Paris, Nord Stream 2 AG signed agreements regarding the financing of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline construction project.
Analyses | | Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Szymon Kardaś, Piotr Szymański

The European Commission is ready to talk to Russia about Nord Stream 2

On 28 March, the European Commission sent a letter to the governments of Denmark and Sweden, in which it confirmed its position on Nord Stream 2.
OSW Studies | | Szymon Kardaś

At crossroads Current problems of Russias gas sector

The Russian gas sector has found itself in a difficult situation. The mounting challenges and problems are primarily the consequence of the sector’s politicisation, the growing rivalry between Gazprom and the so-called independent gas…