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OSW Commentary | | Maria Domańska

Putins neo-totalitarian project the current political situation in Russia

… [1] For more on the pre-war model of government, see M. Domańska, ‘ Russia 2021: Consolidation of a dictatorship … в 2022 году , ОВД-Инфо, data . ovdinfo . org . [4] M. Domańska, K. Chawryło, ‘ War dictatorship: power and …
OSW Commentary | | Maria Domańska, Stefan Ingvarsson

Russia in exile. Support for Russian political migrants as an instrument to increase European security

… be reflected in the relocated public sphere.   Maria Domańska , PhD, Senior fellow at the Centre for Eastern …
OSW Commentary | | Maria Domańska, Iwona Wiśniewska, Piotr Żochowski

Caught in the jaws of the russkiy mir Ukraines occupied regions a year after their annexation

… with the motherland’.     [1] M. Menkiszak, M. Domańska, P. Żochowski, ‘ Russia announces the …
OSW Commentary | | Maria Domańska

Fighting hostile memory the vandalism of Polish monuments in Russia

In 2023, Russia has seen a spike in acts of destruction or removal from public space of monuments and symbols commemorating the victims of political repression, primarily Poles. This is connected with Russia’s full-scale assault on Ukraine…
Analyses | | Maria Domańska

The end of Prigozhin the Kremlin disciplines the elite

On 23 August, shortly after 6pm Moscow time, an Embraer Legacy 600 aircraft owned by Yevgeny Prigozhin’s company, which had been flying from Moscow to St Petersburg, crashed in Tver oblast. According to the Federal Air Transport Agency (…
OSW Report | | Maria Domańska

The new wave of Russian political emigration to Germany. Organisations, activities, prospects

At present, Russia is experiencing the biggest wave of politically-motivated emigration in its modern history. Thousands of individuals (including oppositionists, activists, human rights defenders and independent journalists) were forced…
Analyses | | Maria Domańska, Iwona Wiśniewska, Witold Rodkiewicz

Putins address an attempt to unite Russians and blackmail the West

In his address to the Federal Assembly (the combined chambers of the Russian parliament) on 21 February, Vladimir Putin merely reiterated many of his earlier claims. In the sphere of international politics, he blamed the West exclusively…
OSW Commentary | | Miłosz Bartosiewicz

A tactical pause The Kremlins regional policy in the shadow of the war

On 8–10 September, elections at various levels were held in most Russian federal subjects. The Kremlin used them to gain more political control over the regions and their capitals. At the same time, Russia’s centralisation process has…
OSW Commentary | | Iwona Wiśniewska

The silence of the lambs Russian big business in wartime

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the sanctions that followed it have brought multi-billion losses to Russian big business. The magnitude of blows dealt to its main representatives has resulted in a shift in the business model they have…