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OSW Commentary | | Joanna Hyndle-Hussein

Visaginas Nuclear Power Plant – still high-risk investment

The Lithuanian Seimas approved the government-sponsored proposal for the construction of a new nuclear power plant outside the Lithuanian city of Visaginas on 21 June. MPs cleared the government to sign the concession agreement (initialled…
Analyses | | Jadwiga Rogoża

Restrictions versus protests the government hinders opposition activity

  In recent weeks, the State Duma has passed a number of laws intended to serve as instruments for increasing state control over public activity, and which could be used to counteract opposition initiatives. Among other things, the…
Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska

Russia is a WTO member

On 21 July, President Vladimir Putin ratified the protocol on Russia's accession to the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Formally, the process of the Russian Federation's accession to the organisation will end with it being entered on the…
Analyses | | Marek Matusiak

Tajikistan In Badakhshan the government fights with former field commanders

  On 24 July, Tajik power structures began special operations in the Gorno – Badakhshan Autonomous Oblast (GBAO) directed against local criminal groups linked to former field commanders from the civil war period (1992-1997), some of…
Analyses | | Marta Szpala

Romania trapped between the referendum and criticism from the EU

A referendum on the impeachment of President Traian Basescu will be held on 29 July in Romania. On 18 July, under pressure from the EU, the parliament changed the rules for holding the referendum and introduced a 50 per cent turnout…
Analyses | | Marta Szpala

New voting regulations in Albania too small a step on the way to the EU

The Albanian parliament adopted a new electoral code on 19 July. The adoption of new regulations in this area is one of the key conditions on which the EU has made granting candidate status to Albania dependent. The other requirements…
OSW Commentary | | Kamil Kłysiński, Marek Menkiszak

Will the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus exacerbate the countrys energy dependence on Russia

During Russian PM Dmitry Medvedev’s working visit to Minsk on 18 July, Russia and Belarus signed a general contract for the construction of a nuclear power plant in Belarus. The signature brought to an end the complex negotiations which…
OSW Commentary | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz

Southern Gas Corridor managed by Azerbaijan and Turkey

The Southern Gas Corridor is a European Commission initiative with the aim of facilitating the diversification of the routes and sources of gas imported into Europe in the hope of reducing the EU’s dependence on Russia. Although the…
Analyses | | Witold Rodkiewicz

Moldova signals that it may withdraw from implementing the Third Energy Package

On 3 July, the Moldovan gas monopoly Moldovagaz revealed that it has signed a provisional agreement with Gazprom to extend its gas supply contract until the end of 2012. The old contract expired on 31 December 2011. Negotiations on a new…
Analyses | | Jadwiga Rogoża

Flooding in the Kuban a natural disaster overshadowed by politics

Over 170 people died as a result of a flood wave which passed through the Krasnodar krai in southern Russia during the night of 6-7 July. The large number of victims was due to the lack of any warning system for impending floods, as well…