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WEBAnalyses of current affairs. Russians shell Poltava. Day 929 of the war. Macron in Serbia: business above all. Ukraine: a major government reshuffle. Russian air strikes on Kharkiv. Day 922 of the war. Success for the AfD and the BSW in Thuringia and Saxony. Germany: the government’s import strategy for hydrogen and its derivatives.
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WEBSuccess for the AfD and the BSW in Thuringia and Saxony. In the Thuringia elections held on 1 September, the pro-Russian and anti-immigrant AfD emerged as the leading party, marking its first victory in a Landtag election. The party secured 32.8% of the vote, a significant increase of 9.4…. Analyses | 2024-08-27 | Andrzej Wilk, Krzysztof ...
About us | OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
WEBAbout us. The Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) was established in 1990 in Warsaw as a public institution. It was created to meet democratic Poland’s demand for analytical research on the processes that had occurred in the Soviet Union, and later in the states that emerged following its collapse. At present, the OSW’s portfolio includes ...
The breadbasket of the world? | OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
WEBDec 9, 2021 · Maize is the most important, grown on 5 million ha, with 35.9 million tonnes produced in 2019. Wheat was second (6.8 million ha, 28.3 million tonnes) and barley third (2.6 million ha, 8.9 million tonnes). Only 1.1 million tonnes of the remaining cereals – oats, rye, millet and sorghum – were produced in 2019.
Transnistria in the new international reality
WEBDec 29, 2023 · In 2022, as much as 76% of Transnistria’s exports was bound for EU member states and Moldova (in 2021 the proportion was 67% and in 2019 65%).[1] Alongside this, in 2022 more than half of its imports hailed from the EU (in 2018 the figure was 31.8%).[2] A major decline in the significance of the Russian market to the Transnistrian economy has ...
Putin’s article: ‘On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians ...
WEB12 July 2021 saw the publication of an article by President Vladimir Putin, entitled ‘On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians’, which had been announced on 30 June 2021 during the President’s Direct Line public conference with citizens. The text was published on the President’s official website kremlin.ru (in two languages: Russian and Ukrainian).
The Beijing-Moscow axis | OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
WEBNov 15, 2021 · The Beijing-Moscow axis. The asymmetric alliance between Russia and China is the product of a long and unevenly paced process of relation-building that was launched by both sides shortly after the collapse of the Soviet Union. It was driven by the mutually felt necessity to regulate bilateral contacts (including the resolution of border ...
The Zapad-2021 exercises. Russian strategy in practice
WEBSep 3, 2021 · The Zapad-2021 strategic exercises, scheduled for 10–16 September, are the most important training programme yet undertaken held by the Russian Armed Forces and the Belarusian army which cooperates with them. As they involve as many as 200,000 soldiers, they will also be the largest military exercises conducted in …
The great decommunisation. Ukraine’s wartime historical policy
WEB2017-09-13. The great decommunisation. Ukraine’s wartime historical policy. Tadeusz A. Olszański. Full text in PDF 848.23 KB. Full text in EPUB 1005.71 KB. The war with Russia which began in 2014 has triggered serious changes in the way history is thought about by the Ukrainian public, especially in opinion-forming circles.
The oligarchic democracy. The influence of business groups on …
WEBOct 16, 2012 · The Ukrainian oligarchic system, which developed into its ultimate shape during Leonid Kuchma’s second presidency, turned out to be very durable. The nature of close relations between the government and the oligarchs has not undergone any major changes either as a consequence of the Orange Revolution or following Victor Yanukovych’s victory in the presidential election of 2010.