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Analyses | | Jan Strzelecki

Relations severed between the Russian Orthodox Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople the prospect of a new schism

On 15 October, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) decided to sever relations and eucharistic communion with the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople (PC). This decision is a reaction to the decision by the Synod of Bishops…
Analyses | | Tadeusz A Olszański

The Ecumenical Patriarchate recognises the independence of the Orthodox metropolis of Kiev

On 11 October, a synod of the bishops of the Orthodox Church’s patriarchate of Constantinople (Ecumenical) confirmed the canonicity of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church, denied Moscow’s sovereignty over Kiev, and finally confirmed that in the…
OSW Studies | | Sławomir Matuszak

In search of new routes. Ukraine's foreign trade after the Revolution of Dignity

The Ukrainian-Russian war not only came as a shock to the Ukrainian political elite and public – it also turned out to be a kind of a shock therapy for the Ukrainian economy. Very serious and deep changes have taken place in Ukraine’s…
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Konończuk

Gas revolution Prospects for increased gas production in Ukraine

For a number of months now the Ukrainian gas mining sector has been undergoing a major overhaul to improve the conditions in which it operates, with a view to significantly increasing production. The most important reforms include lowering…
Analyses | | Jadwiga Rogoża

Moscows harsh reaction to Ukraines expected autocephaly

On 14 September, the Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church suspended its working relations with Constantinople in response to Ukraine’s expected autocephaly.
OSW Report | | Tadeusz Iwański, Krzysztof Nieczypor

Ukraines presidential elections 2019. The main candidates

For the first time in the history of independent Ukraine, seven months before the presidential election, it is difficult to determine not only who the most likely winner will be, but also which two candidates will make it into the second…
Analyses | | Jan Strzelecki, Tadeusz Iwański, Piotr Żochowski

The leader of the Donetsk separatists is assassinated

On 31 August, in the centre of Donetsk, there was a successful assassination attempt against Aleksandr Zakharchenko, the leader of the unrecognised ‘Donetsk People’s Republic’.
Analyses | | Wojciech Konończuk

Government reshuffle in Belarus

On 18 August, Alyaksandr Lukashenka carried out a major government overhaul, dismissing the prime minister, four out of five deputy prime ministers and four ministers.
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz Iwański, Andrzej Sadecki

Ukraine–Hungary the intensifying dispute over the Hungarian minoritys rights

For nearly one year relations between Hungary and Ukraine have been plunged in the worst crisis since the collapse of the USSR.
OSW Commentary | | Krzysztof Nieczypor

A closely watched basin The Russian–Ukrainian tensions in the Sea of Azov

The construction and opening in May 2018 of the Crimean Bridge has contributed to a worsening of Russian–Ukrainian relations in the Sea of Azov.