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Analyses | | Maciej Falkowski, Rafał Sadowski

EU-Georgia delay in the visa liberalisation process

The visa issue has had a great impact on the attitude of the public and the elites in Georgia towards the EU and the West.

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.

Analyses | | Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga

The Customs Union summit crisis instead of success

The Customs Union summit revealed crisis of the Russian project of integration instead of success, which is so desired by the Kremlin before EaP summit in Vilnius

OSW Studies | | Iwona Wiśniewska

Eurasian integration Russias attempt at the economic unification of the Post-Soviet area

In 2009, Vladimir Putin, the then Russian prime minister, gave impetus to the establishment of closer relations within what was then a still narrow group of three countries: Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus. Close co-operation is expected…

Analyses | | Rafał Sadowski

Commissioner Fule wants prospective EU membership to be offered to Eastern European countries

Over the past few months, Stefan Fule, the European Commissioner for Enlargement and European Neighbourhood Policy, has expressed a positive approach in his statements to offering prospective EU membership to the countries located in…

Analyses | | Szymon Ananicz, Rafał Sadowski

EU launches negotiations on free trade zones with Moldova and Georgia

On 5 December, the European Union decided to launch negotiations to create Deep And Comprehensive Free Trade Areas (DCFTA) with Moldova and Georgia. These DCFTA agreements assume the abolition of duties and quotas in mutual trade in…
Analyses | | Agata Wierzbowska-Miazga

The next stage of integration in the post-Soviet area

On 18 November in Moscow, the presidents of Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan – Dmitri Medvedev, Alyaksandr Lukashenka and Nursultan Nazarbayev – signed documents designed to lead to the creation of a Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU).
Analyses | | Iwona Wiśniewska

Signing an agreement on a free-trade zone within the CIS

This document is intended to replace more than 100 bilateral agreements which currently govern free trade between these countries. The free trade area can only come into force when all the signatory states ratify it.
Analyses | | Aleksandra Jarosiewicz, Kamil Kłysiński, Iwona Wiśniewska

Common Economic Space another step towards integration focused on Russia

The chances of Russia, Kazakhstan and Belarus creating a common market in the planned form and by the intended deadline are limited. Closer cooperation between those countries will be the result of a lengthy and difficult process.…
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Kazakh oil again to flow to Ukraine

During President Nursultan Nazarbayev’s visit to Kyiv on 14-15 September, agreement was reached concerning the resumption of Kazakh oil transit through Ukrainian territory. The resumption of transit and supplies will have great…