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Identity policy in the self-proclaimed republics in east Ukraine

Four years since the unrecognized ‘republics’ in the east of Ukraine were declared, their future remains unclear. 
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz Iwański

Poroshenko stands alone Ukraine politics in a pre-election year

The year 2019 will be an election year in Ukraine, with a presidential election in the spring and a parliamentary election in the autumn.
OSW Commentary | | Szymon Kardaś, Tadeusz Iwański

From vassalisation to emancipation Ukrainian-Russian gas co-operation has been revised

The awards by the Arbitral Tribunal have radically changed the model of Ukrainian-Russian gas relations.
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

Is the crisis over The economic situation in Belarus after two years of recession

In 2017, Belarus’s GDP went up 2.4%, the first positive result since 2014. 
OSW Commentary | | Tadeusz A Olszański

The beginning of the celebrations of the centenary of Ukraines independence

January 2018 saw the first celebrations commemorating the centenary of Ukraine’s fight for independence (1917–1921). 
OSW Commentary | | Tomasz Piechal

Dnipropetrovsk Oblast new times old rules

The war in Donbass and the loss of control over part of the country’s industrialised areas resulted in the significance of Dnipropetrovsk Oblast increasing for Ukraine.
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Całus

Moldovas political theatre The balance of forces in an election year

Since the end of 2015 Vlad Plahotniuc, an oligarch and the richest man in Moldova, has been de facto the only person who counts in Moldovan politics and business.
OSW Commentary | | Piotr Rudkouski

Soft Belarusianisation The ideology of Belarus in the era of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict

Over the past three years, a distinct change has become visible in the ideological discourse of the government of Belarus.
OSW Commentary | | Wojciech Konończuk, Sławomir Matuszak

Dark clouds over the Ukrainian gas market reform

In September, three out of five members of the supervisory board of Naftogaz, Ukraine’s largest gas company, announced their resignation.
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.