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Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz
Russian-Turkish relations have been plunged into deep crisis in since a Turkish fighter jet downed a Russian bomber aircraft.
Analyses |
| Jan Strzelecki, Rafał Sadowski
Electricity supplies from mainland Ukraine to Crimea were completely severed overnight on 21 and 22 November.
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz
The Kremlin has been using the attacks in Paris to persuade the West to fundamentally shift its policy towards Syria – and also towards Russia.
Point of View |
| Jolanta Darczewska, Piotr Żochowski
Building up an image of Russophobic countries is currently instrumental in shaping a neo-imperial political identity among the Russians.
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz
At present, the Kremlin’s is seeking a diplomatic formula that would keep al-Assad in power while providing Western capitals with a face saving.
Analyses |
| Rafał Sadowski, Jan Strzelecki
At the meeting in Paris, discussions began about the possible extension of the implementation of the Minsk agreements.
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Strachota, Józef Lang
Moscow’s recent moves prove that it still has a strong influence in the Middle East – but this is above all the potential for destabilisation.
Analyses |
| Maria Domańska, Witold Rodkiewicz
The operation in Syria is the first open military intervention by the Russian Federation outside the area of the former Soviet Union.
Point of View |
After 15 years of Putin’s rule, Russia’s economic model based on revenue from energy resources has exhausted its potential.
Analyses |
| Witold Rodkiewicz
The Kremlin’s overall aim is to use the crisis caused by the Syrian civil war to overcome Russia’s limited isolation, imposed by the West.