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Analyses | | Szymon Kardaś, Wojciech Konończuk

Dirty oil the greatest crisis in the history of the Druzhba pipeline

On 19 April, the Belarusian oil company Belneftekhim reported a significant deterioration in the quality of Russian oil transmitted to Belarus via the Druzhba pipeline. The level of organochlorine compounds was dozens of times over the…
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…
OSW Commentary | | Andrzej Wilk

The Zapad-2017 exercises the information war for now

The Russian-Belarusian Zapad-2017 exercises, scheduled for 14–20 September, have for many months been the core of an information war between Russia and NATO. 
OSW Commentary | | Szymon Kardaś, Kamil Kłysiński

The story that never ends A new stage in the energy dispute between Russia and Belarus

The energy sector is an essential area in Russian-Belarusian relations.
Analyses | | Wojciech Górecki

Russia strengthens its border with Belarus

On 7 February, an order from the head of the Russian Federal Security Service came into force, establishing a border security zone along the border with Belarus.
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński

The risk of escalating tensions in Minsk-Moscow relations

Belarusian President Alyaksandr Lukashenka boycotted the summit of leaders of countries belonging to EaEU and CSTO, which was held in St. Petersburg on 26 December.
OSW Studies | | Kamil Kłysiński, Piotr Żochowski

The End Of The Myth of a brot herly Belarus Russian soft power in Belarus after 2014 the background and its manifestations

The Russian narrative on Belarus changed in 2014, when Russian expert circles and the government elite essentially redefined their perception of their Belarusian ally in the context of the conflict in Ukraine and the escalation of tensions…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński, Szymon Kardaś

Russia and Belarus reach agreement on oil and gas

Russia and Belarus had been unable to reach an agreement concerning co-operation in the oil sector. On 10 October a compromise was reached.
OSW Commentary | | Jan Strzelecki

The Eurasian Economic Union a time of crisis

The economic crisis in Russia is affecting the uncompetitive post-Soviet economies which are dependent on Moscow.