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Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński, Szymon Kardaś

An attempt at a new start in energy cooperation between Belarus and Russia

On 19 February, Belarus and Russia signed an agreement to redirect exports of some Belarusian petroleum products from ports in the Baltic states to Russian ones. The three-year agreement covers the total handling of up to 9.8 million…
Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś, Kamil Kłysiński

Belarus a difficult start to oil supply diversification

On 15 May, Foreign Minister Uladzimir Makey announced that the US would start supplying Belarus with oil, with the first delivery to be made in June to the port in Klaipeda (Argus reports that this will be 90,000 tonnes) and then unloaded…
OSW Commentary | | Szymon Kardaś, Wojciech Konończuk

Temporary stabilisation Russia-Ukraine gas transit deal

A five-year contract concerning Russian gas transit via Ukraine was signed after four days of negotiations on 30 December 2019. The previous contract expired on 1 January 2020. The EU-brokered talks between Moscow and Kyiv preceding the…
Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś, Wojciech Konończuk

Dirty oil the greatest crisis in the history of the Druzhba pipeline

On 19 April, the Belarusian oil company Belneftekhim reported a significant deterioration in the quality of Russian oil transmitted to Belarus via the Druzhba pipeline. The level of organochlorine compounds was dozens of times over the…
Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś, Jan Strzelecki

Pre-election gambit Gazproms offer to Ukraine

On 22 March a meeting took place in Moscow between the Russian prime minister Dmitri Medvedev and the chairman of Gazprom Aleksei Miller and the pro-Russian Ukrainian politicians Viktor Medvedchuk and Yuri Boyko (the latter is a candidate…
OSW Commentary | | Szymon Kardaś, Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Sławomir Matuszak

A last-minute transit contract Russia-Ukraine-EU gas talks

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 | | Szymon Kardaś, Tadeusz Iwański

From vassalisation to emancipation Ukrainian-Russian gas co-operation has been revised

The awards by the Arbitral Tribunal have radically changed the model of Ukrainian-Russian gas relations.
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 | | Kamil Kłysiński, Szymon Kardaś

Russia and Belarus reach agreement on oil and gas

Russia and Belarus had been unable to reach an agreement concerning co-operation in the oil sector. On 10 October a compromise was reached.
Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś, Tadeusz Iwański

Gazproms tactical concessions to Ukraine

Moscow’s consent to extend the winter package represents a concession to Ukraine.