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OSW Commentary |
| Witold Rodkiewicz, Filip Rudnik, Iwona Wiśniewska
The US-Israeli attack on Iran has had varied consequences for Russia. In political and strategic terms, the challenge posed by the Trump administration’s policy based on the use of force – targeting Moscow’s allies and exposing its…
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska, Iwona Wiśniewska
Since early March 2026, the Russian government has intensified efforts to cut citizens off from independent sources of information. This marks another stage in the ‘sovereignisation’ of the Russian segment of the internet (see ‘The Great…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Maślanka, Sławomir Matuszak, Iwona Wiśniewska
During its summit on 18–19 December, the European Council did not agree to grant Ukraine the so-called reparations loan based on frozen Russian assets. However, a decision was taken to provide Kyiv with an interest-free loan of €90 billion…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
On 3 December, the European Commission added Russia to the EU’s list of high-risk countries – commonly referred to as the ‘blacklist’ – deemed to have strategic deficiencies in their frameworks for countering financial crime. The decision…
OSW Commentary |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
On 28 November, Vladimir Putin signed the Russian Federation’s 2026 budget law and approved the overall parameters of the budgets for 2027–28, after the document had passed swiftly through parliament. In drafting next year’s budget, the…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska, Filip Rudnik
On 22 October, Donald Trump imposed sanctions on Rosneft and Lukoil – Russia’s two largest oil companies. The restrictions also covered their subsidiaries, amounting to a total of 34 entities. On 23 October, the European Union also…
OSW Commentary |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
Low export prices for crude oil and the slowdown in economic activity that has persisted since mid-2024 have severely constrained the Kremlin’s financial capacity and forced the government to undertake a major revision of its economic…
OSW Commentary |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
Putins elite divides the spoils in Russia large-scale nationalisation and re-privatisation of assets
The war against Ukraine and sweeping Western sanctions have triggered another major wave of asset redistribution in Russia – one of the largest since the collapse of the Soviet Union. The actual scale of this process is difficult to…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
On 30 July, the Russian Federal Agency for Technical Regulation and Metrology (Rosstandart) revoked certification permits for selected models of four Chinese truck brands (Dongfeng, Foton, FAW, and Sitrak), as well as for Foton truck…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
On 18 July, following many weeks of discussion, the European Union succeeded in adopting the 18th package of sanctions against the Russian Federation that targets: