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| Piotr Żochowski
The main topics of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Minsk on 23–24 May were economic relations and security issues in the region. However no agreements were signed, and the visit was limited to general statements about the good results of…
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| Kamil Kłysiński
On 24–25 April, the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly (ABPA) convened in Minsk for its seventh congress since the establishment of the independent Republic of Belarus, and the first since the ABPA was given the status of a constitutional…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
In 2023, trade between the European Union and Belarus was characterised by a significant surplus of EU exports over imports. Sales to the Belarusian market totalled €8.1 billion, while trade in the opposite direction was almost six times…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński, Piotr Żochowski
On 25 February, the parliamentary elections in Belarus were combined for the first time with local council elections as part of the so-called single voting day. Belarusians elected 110 deputies to the House of Representatives (out of a…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 5 January, an amendment to the legal act ‘On freedom of conscience and religious organisations’ was published in the Belarusian legal register. The government justified this change in the law in terms of “the need to put the legislation…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
On 8 December, Belarusian president Alyaksandr Lukashenka visited the United Arab Emirates, where he met President Muhammad ibn-Zayid al-Nahayyan. Their topics of discussion included deepening bilateral trade and investment cooperation.…
Analyses |
| Piotr Żochowski, Joanna Hyndle-Hussein, Bartosz Chmielewski
The meeting of the Security Council of the Republic of Belarus held on 31 August 2023 was devoted to the “tense international situation”, and included an assessment of threats present on the border with Poland and the Baltic states.…
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska
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 (…
Analyses |
| Piotr Żochowski
On 21 July 2023, a meeting of the Security Council of the Russian Federation was held. One part of this meeting was publicised for propaganda purposes. Citing information obtained from “several intelligence sources”, director of the…
Analyses |
| Piotr Żochowski
The analysis of incomplete information suggests that nine vehicle columns with Wagner mercenaries arrived in Belarus between 11 and 19 July. The Belarusian border service did not carry out passport control or inspect the transported cargo…