OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
The Ukrainian government’s systematic pressure on the media. Lithuania: following the first round of the parliamentary election, the Social Democrats are well-positioned to assume power. Russia hits transports to Odesa. Day 964 of the war. Ukraine increases taxes amid mounting budgetary pressures. Germany’s Arctic policy guidelines: greater ...
Putin’s article: ‘On the historical unity of Russians and Ukrainians ...
12 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).
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The shadow of recent glory the Belarusian IT sector after 2022. The rapid growth of the IT sector in Belarus – an ‘island of modernity’ within an outdated economic model, partly based on Soviet-era management and planning standards – had been a success story for nearly two decades since 2005. Analyses | 2024-09-27 | Krzysztof Nieczypor ...
The Zapad-2021 exercises. Russian strategy in practice
Sep 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 Europe for nearly 40 years.
Latvia’s new armour: Finnish vehicles for the Latvian Armed Forces
Nov 4, 2021 · On 29 October, the Latvian Armed Forces received the first four Patria 6x6 wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APC) as part of the Latvian-Finnish agreements on cooperation in the production and acquisition of these vehicles signed in August 2021. Latvia ordered more than 200 APCs for its Land Forces and territorial defence forces (the National Guard), while Finland announced the procurement ...
US Army in Lithuania: a new outpost on the eastern flank
Jan 14, 2021 · In mid-December, the US Army deployed a contingent of approximately 500 soldiers in Pabradė, located to the north-east of Vilnius. The troops will remain in Lithuania for eight months – until mid-2021. This is the third rotation of a US armoured battalion in the country. Previous contingents were stationed there from October 2019 to June 2020 and from September to November 2020.
An increase in Russia’s agri-food exports
Mar 1, 2024 · Despite the war and the sanctions, over the last two years the size of Russia’s agri-food exports has continuously risen, although the pace of this increase has now slowed down. In 2023, the value of supplies delivered to foreign markets stood at around $43.5 bn, which accounted for around 10% of the Russian Federation’s (RF) total export revenues.
Russia behind bars: the peculiarities of the Russian prison system ...
Feb 7, 2019 · Russia is among the countries with the highest number of prisoners. Hundreds of thousands of inmates are supervised by an elaborate apparatus of the Federal Penitentiary Service (FSIN). This extended system is used as a tool for exercising control over society and solidifying the system of power. At the same time, it impacts the process of how shared norms and values are being formed in ...
25 years of Poland in NATO: personal reflections on the Polish …
Mar 8, 2024 · On 12 March 1999, after years of active diplomatic lobbying, Poland joined the ranks of NATO, the transatlantic club renowned for its unique collective defence guarantees. This process yielded success relatively quickly, even though the outcome was not a foregone conclusion, given the variety of internal and external challenges that Poland faced at that time.
A depopulating country. Belarus’s demographic situation
Oct 17, 2023 · Since the beginning of the 1990s, Belarus’s demographic situation has seen a steady decline in its population. This has been due to both a declining birth rate and increasing emigration. As a consequence, from the beginning of Belarusian independence until 1 January 2023 the country’s population shrank by approximately 1 million individuals to 9.2 million.