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Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

The Russian president appoints special representatives in the para-states

On 16 March, President Dmitry Medvedev appointed a special representative for Abkhazia. This will be Alexander Tkachev, governor of Krasnodar Krai, which neighbours on Abkhazia. In turn, on 21 March, Medvedev nominated representatives…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Clashes at the border of Chechnya and Dagestan

Between 13 and 17 February the biggest clashes in eight years broke out at the administrative border between Chechnya and Dagestan in the North Caucasus in Russia.
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło, Wojciech Górecki

Crisis in Russian-Tajik relations The international and internal dimensions for Russia

On 8 November, the Tajik court of first instance handed down jail sentences of eight and a half years to two pilots (one a citizen of Russia, the other of Estonia) who were working for the Russian company Rolkan Investment Ltd. They were…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki, Marek Menkiszak

Russian-British relations a co-operation without a reset

Prime Minister David Cameron’s visit to Moscow on 12 September – the first in several years at this level – fits in with the efforts his government has been making for a year or so to improve mutual relations. Although it failed to bring…
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki

Creeping civil war in the North Caucasus

Over the last year, the situation in Russia’s North Caucasus has become further destabilised. Attacks and armed clashes happen daily, and destabilisation is spreading to an increasingly large area. The extent of violence in the region is…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Destabilisation of Kabardino-Balkaria terrorists ever closer to Sochi

On 18-20 February a series of attacks took place in Kabardino-Balkaria in the Russian North Caucasus, in which tourists from Moscow were among those killed; a funicular on Mount Elbrus was also damaged. These attacks have demonstrated that…
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Umarov takes responsibility for the attack on Domodedovo airport

Despite the split in the Caucasian armed underground last year, the Emirate of the North Caucasus still has considerable potential to engage in terrorist activities.
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Górecki

Russias position on the events in Kyrgyzstan April – June 2010

Russia was the first state in the world to de facto recognise the regime change in Kyrgyzstan that took place on 7 April 2010. This recognition, along with a previous campaign by the Russian media against the then President Kurmanbek…