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WEBSuccess for the SPD in Brandenburg. On 22 September, the SPD, which has governed Brandenburg since 1990, once again secured victory in the state’s legislative assembly (the Landtag) elections. The party of Prime Minister Dietmar Woidke garnered 30.9% of the vote, an increase…. OSW Commentary | 2024-09-23 | Iwona Wiśniewska, Maciej ...
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 Europe for nearly …
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).
US Army in Lithuania: a new outpost on the eastern flank
WEBJan 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 …
Support for Lukashenka. Russia’s response to the migration crisis
WEBNov 9, 2021 · Russia’s response to the migration crisis. Since the beginning of the rise in tension on the Polish-Belarusian border and the escalation of the migration crisis, Moscow has taken a position that unequivocally justifies the actions taken by Alyaksandr Lukashenka’s regime. On 1 November, Russia’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sergei …
Russia recognises the independence of the Donbas
WEBFeb 22, 2022 · Marek Menkiszak. On 21 February, Russian President Vladimir Putin delivered an address in which he announced the recognition of the independence of two separatist para-states created in 2014 in the Russian-occupied part of Ukraine’s Donbas – the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Luhansk People’s Republic (LPR).
Russia’s blackmail of the West | OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
WEBDec 20, 2021 · Russia’s blackmail of the West. Marek Menkiszak. On 17 December, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation published a communiqué announcing that two draft agreements on security guarantees (one between Russia and the US and the other between Russia and the NATO member states) had been handed over to the US …
An increase in Russia’s agri-food exports
WEBMar 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.
Adam Eberhardt - OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
WEBDirector of the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW) since 2016. Born in 1975, a graduate of the University of Warsaw. He holds PhD in political science and specializes in domestic and foreign policy analysis of Eastern European countries. His earlier experience includes, among others, being director of the research office at the Polish Institute ...