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Analyses | | Wojciech Konończuk

Difficult talks between Russia and Belarus

On 25 December the presidents of Russia and Belarus met at the Kremlin to resolve some areas of dispute, in particular the further integration of the two countries and the terms for supply of oil. The talks between Vladimir Putin and…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński, Marek Menkiszak, Jan Strzelecki

Russia puts pressure on Belarus

On 13 December, at a meeting of the Belarus-Russia Union State Council of Ministers held in Brest, Russian Prime Minister, Dmitri Medvedev, publicly talked about two scenarios for further integration of the two countries. The first would…
Analyses | | Andrzej Wilk

The Russian attack on Ukrainian ships in the Black Sea the military aspects

On 24 November, a group of ships of the Ukrainian Navy, composed of two armoured artillery boats, the Berdyansk and the Nikopol (newly-constructed Giurza M-type units, which have been in service since 2016 and 2018 respectively) and the…
Analyses | | Tadeusz Iwański, Sławomir Matuszak, Piotr Żochowski

Martial law in ten regions of Ukraine

After a heated discussion, the Ukrainian parliament adopted a law during an extraordinary session late in the evening of 26 November approving a decree by President Petro Poroshenko introducing martial law for 30 days in ten regions…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Nieczypor, Andrzej Wilk, Jan Strzelecki, Wojciech Konończuk

Consequences of the incident in the Sea of Azov

Before midnight on 25 November, President Petro Poroshenko issued a decree at the request of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine to introduce martial law for a period of 60 days, while announcing that a general…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Nieczypor, Jan Strzelecki

Fake elections in Donbas

On 11 November ‘elections’ were held in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk People's Republics (DPR & LPR) to choose the leaders and the so-called people’s soviets (parliaments). According to the results published by the separatist…
Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska, Sławomir Matuszak, Jan Strzelecki

Russias response to Ukrainian sanctions

The Russian government imposed economic sanctions on Ukraine on 1 November by way of a decree passed by the president of the Russian Federation on 22 October. According to the document, the funds, securities and assets of selected…
Analyses | | Kamil Całus

Moldova Turkey as an alternative to the EU

The Turkish president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan was on an official visit to Moldova on 17 and 18 October. During this visit he met, amongst others, with President Igor Dodon, Prime Minister Pavel Filip and the head of the governing Democratic…
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…