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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 ...
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 ...
Russian missile terror. Day 678 of the war - OSW Centre for …
WEBJan 4, 2024 — Day 678 of the war. Between 29 December and 2 January, Russia launched numerous missile strikes on targets across Ukrainian territory. 29 December saw the largest missile and kamikaze drone attack since February 2022 (see Appendix). According to the Ukrainian army’s Commander-in-Chief General Valerii …
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.
Turkey and the European Union: in a maze of disputes
WEBApr 3, 2024 — Turkey has been a political challenge for the EU for more than a decade now. This stems from the widening gap between them caused by factors such as the evolution of the Turkish political model and its approach to international conflicts. As a consequence, the process of Ankara’s integration with the EU has remained frozen for years; successive reports from the European Commission evaluating ...
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 German ‘Brigade Lithuania’ - OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
WEBDec 22, 2023 — The German ‘Brigade Lithuania’. On 18 December in Vilnius, Boris Pistorius and Arvydas Anušauskas, the defence ministers of Germany and Lithuania, signed the so-called roadmap for the deployment of a German brigade in Lithuania (‘Brigade Lithuania’). Its headquarters will be set up in Lithuania in 2024, and most of the units will be ...
Wojciech Górecki | OSW Centre for Eastern Studies
WEBSenior Fellow at the Department for Turkey, Caucasus and Central Asia at the Centre for Eastern Studies (OSW). He was previously a Board Member at the Solidarity Fund PL and a diplomat – I Secretary and then Counsellor – at the Embassy of the Republic of Poland in Baku, Azerbaijan. He was also an expert for the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission on the Conflict in Georgia in 2008.
Russia behind bars: the peculiarities of the Russian prison system ...
WEBFeb 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 ...