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| Michał Bogusz
On 8 January, the quarantine requirement for people arriving in the People’s Republic of China (PRC), introduced in March 2020, was lifted. The decision is part of an abrupt U-turn on the ‘zero COVID’ strategy that began late last year. On…
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| Jakub Ber, Piotr Żochowski
Over the past two days, the Russian offensive in and around Soledar has slowed down. The Ukrainian army is still defending itself in localities east of the Bakhmutka river, from the northern suburbs of Bakhmut through Krasna Hora, the…
Analyses |
| Iwona Wiśniewska
At the end of December, Gazprom summed up the company’s preliminary results for 2022. According to the information provided, the company produced over 20% less gas last year than in 2021, that is, 412.6 bcm compared to 514.8 bcm, with…
Analyses |
| Sławomir Matuszak
The Russian aggression has caused significant changes in the gas sector in Ukraine. Gas consumption fell by a quarter compared to the corresponding period last year, and was the lowest since the country gained independence. Although…
Analyses |
| Kamil Kłysiński
An amendment to the law On the citizenship of the Republic of Belarus, signed by Alyaksandr Lukashenka, was published on 10 January. Its provisions include the possibility of revoking the citizenship of a person living abroad who has been…
Analyses |
| Łukasz Kobeszko, Agata Łoskot-Strachota, Adam Michalski
On 3 January 2023, an agreement was signed in Sofia between state companies Bulgargaz and BOTAŞ, in the presence of the Bulgarian and Turkish energy ministers Rosen Hristov and Fatih Dönmez. The gas contract, whose term is 13 years,…
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| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
Russian forces have taken a large part of the town of Soledar, but do not fully control it, and clashes are still expected to take place there. According to some sources, the Ukrainian troops remaining in the area (most of whom were…
Analyses |
| Jacek Tarociński
At the annual security conference held in Sälen on 9 January, Swedish defence minister Pål Jonson announced that the government had begun talks with the US on concluding a Defence Cooperation Agreement (DCA), which is designed to enable…
Analyses |
| Kamil Frymark
On New Year’s Eve, several German towns and cities (including Berlin, Hamburg, Frankfurt am Main, and Borna near Leipzig) saw numerous assaults on police officers and rescue workers. The officers were attacked with various items including…
Analyses |
| Andrzej Wilk, Piotr Żochowski
On 6 January, the US Department of Defense presented details of the new US$3.07 billion military aid package for Ukraine which it had announced the day before. US$2.85 billion of this sum was allocated by a decision of the Presidential…