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Analyses | | Sławomir Matuszak, Piotr Żochowski

Growing importance of the Security Council in Ukraine

On 27 March, President Volodymyr Zelensky signed a decree annulling the 2013 decrees appointing two judges to the Constitutional Court (SK), including its chairman Oleksandr Tupytskiy. Zelenskiy justified his decision in terms of an audit…
Analyses | | Piotr Żochowski

Russia on Belarus modifying the tactic not the strategy

The escalating political crisis in Belarus, the dramatically falling public support for Alyaksandr Lukashenka, and the suppression of the mass protests have made the Kremlin modify its current policy towards Minsk. The relatively good…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński

Belarus is intimidated – the failure of the Freedom Day celebrations

This year Freedom Day, which the opposition commemorates on 25 March (the anniversary of the proclamation of the Belarusian People’s Republic in 1918) and which is not recognised by the Belarusian regime, was feted without a single large…
Analyses | | Krzysztof Nieczypor, Piotr Żochowski

A possible escalation in the tension in Donbas

Over the last three months the military situation in Donbas has deteriorated. Since the beginning of the year 20 Ukrainian soldiers have died in military operations in the east of Ukraine, and this marks a significant increase compared to…
OSW Report | | Andrzej Wilk

Russias Belarusian army. The practical aspects of Belarus and Russia's military integration

In the 2010s, Minsk lost the remnants of its independent defence capabilities and completely ceded the initiative to Moscow in this regard, remaining content with the appearance of sovereignty. The process of Belarusian-Russian military…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński, Szymon Kardaś

An attempt at a new start in energy cooperation between Belarus and Russia

On 19 February, Belarus and Russia signed an agreement to redirect exports of some Belarusian petroleum products from ports in the Baltic states to Russian ones. The three-year agreement covers the total handling of up to 9.8 million…
Analyses | | Sławomir Matuszak, Krzysztof Nieczypor

Ukraine Zelenskys anti-Russian move

On 19 February, Ukraine’s President, Volodymyr Zelensky, approved the decision passed by the National Security and Defence Council (NSDC) to impose sanctions on 19 corporate entities and eight individuals. This includes Viktor Medvedchuk,…
Analyses | | Katarzyna Chawryło, Kamil Kłysiński

No alternative to cooperation The presidents of Russia and Belarus meet in Sochi

On 22 February, Vladimir Putin and Alyaksandr Lukashenka met in Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi. This is the first time the two leaders talked in person since 14 September last year. According to scant official information (no press conference…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński

Pressure being stepped up cautiously the EUs and USs sanctions against Belarus

The rigged presidential election held in Belarus on 9 August 2020 and the brutal crackdown on the participants of post-election demonstrations triggered immediate criticism from the leaders of EU member states. These developments, combined…
Analyses | | Kamil Kłysiński

Belarus a wave of repression against journalists and civil society organisations

On 18 February the court sentenced two TV Belsat journalists - Katsiaryna Bakhvalava (her pseudonym is Andreyeva) and Darya Chultsova – to two years of penitentiary colony for ‘organising actions which seriously infringe public order’ (art…