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Analyses | | Marcin Popławski, Filip Rudnik

Russian gas in Central Asia a plan to deepen dependence

Since Gazprom lost a significant part of its European market, the Russian company has been looking for opportunities to export natural gas to new destinations, including Central Asia. Since the autumn of 2022, Russia has stepped up its…
Analyses | | Marcin Popławski

Turkmenistan concerns over Russias growing activity on the regional gas market

On 12 August, Turkmenistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs published a statement on their country’s gas cooperation between the Russian Federation, Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan. In this document, the vice-president of the state-owned oil and…
Analyses | | Mariusz Marszewski

A belated division of the Caspian Sea

On 12 August, the leaders of all five coastal countries adopted a framework convention on the legal status of the Caspian Sea during the Caspian Summit in Aktau, Kazakhstan.
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.
Analyses | | Józef Lang

Russias plays up the Afghan threat in Central Asia

Russia is trying to use the Central Asia's leaders fear to increase its influence in the area of security in the region.
OSW Commentary | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz, Ewa Fischer

The Eurasian Economic Union – more political less economic

While the Kremlin presents the EEU as the Eurasian equivalent of the European Union, the project is in reality an imitation of integration.
OSW Studies | | Józef Lang, Maciej Falkowski

Hostages to Moscow clients of Beijing Security in Central Asia as the role of the West diminishes

The end of the Western military presence in Central Asia will mean the West’s influence on the security sphere in the region will be marginalised.
OSW Commentary | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Kazakhstans attitude towards integration with Russia less love more fear

Russia’s annexation of Crimea and destabilization of Ukraine have created a new context for Kazakhstan’s foreign and domestic policy.
OSW Studies | | Wojciech Górecki

Ever further from Moscow Russias stance on Central Asia

Since the collapse of the USSR, Russian influence in Central Asia has undergone a far-reaching erosion. The process is unlikely to be reversed.
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Customs Union summit in the context of Ukraine

The continuing conflict in Ukraine has raised concerns among Russia’s key partners in the CIS area.