RUSSIA MONITOR MONTHLY 05/2021
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Warsaw Institute’s expert cited by Ukrainian media
Grzegorz Kuczyński, Director of Eurasia Program at the Warsaw Institute, appeared in the Russian-language broadcast of Radio Poland regarding the situation in Libya, where he commented the activities of the so-called Wagner group in the country. His remarks were then quoted by the Ukrainian media: GuildHall and sprotyv.info.
Roscosmos “Spy Ring”: Russia’s FSB Detains Researchers on Treason Charges
Russian security forces have arrested Ivan Safronov, a former journalist who works as an aide to the head of Russia’s space agency, in a move that marks yet another case of detention on treason charges.
WI Daily News – V4 Foreign Ministers to meet today in Wadowice, Poland
Daily dose of the most important news regarding Polish international cooperation, affairs & activity abroad.
Gazprom’s Oil and Natural Gas Exports Fall Sharply
The coronavirus crisis and the ongoing oil price war have both taken its toll on Russia’s hydrocarbon trade. Russia’s state energy major Gazprom saw the worst outcomes as it has lost a portion of the European sales market, with ever-dropping gas prices.
New analytical program: MENA Monitor
MENA Monitor focuses on the Middle East and North Africa region, analyzing the most important events happening in the area stretching from Morocco to Iran, their consequences for neighboring countries and their impact on the world’s situation.
Recording: Poland – Europe – World. The economic dimension
On 2 July another debate in the #RODMonline series took place, which is the result of cooperation between the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Regional Centers of International Debate and the Warsaw Institute.
WI Daily News – Polish President at the Visegrad Group Summit
Daily dose of the most important news regarding Polish international cooperation, affairs & activity abroad.
Cyber-attacks on the healthcare sector
More than 19,000 terminated visits in medical facilities, cancelled scheduled treatments and patients being hastily transported to other hospitals in order to perform life-saving operations. This is not a scenario of a disaster movie, nor the effect of the global pandemic caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus.
WI Daily News – Polish aid for Syria
Daily dose of the most important news regarding Polish international cooperation, affairs & activity abroad.
Egypt and Ethiopia dispute the dam. Is there a real risk of conflict?
Another round of negotiations between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia concerning the Ethiopian project to build the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Nile has ended with a stalemate. The dispute over the construction of a hydroelectric power plant has been going for years and neither side seems willing to make any concessions.
Video recording: How can civil society change the world?
Civil society is a form of activity, as well as a form of defining and achieving goals without an impulse from the state authorities. This is the conscious and autonomous participation of citizens in public life. Therefore, civil society is a set of ideas and forms of social self-organization in order to implement them.
WI Daily News – Poland takes the lead in the Visegrad Group
Daily dose of the most important news regarding Polish international cooperation, affairs & activity abroad.
WI Daily News – Video conference of Foreign Ministers of the Three Seas Initiative.
Daily dose of the most important news regarding Polish international cooperation, affairs & activity abroad.
Warsaw Institute cited by TVP INFO
The portal quoted an article by Paweł Paszak, an expert in the China Monitor program, about the intensifying cooperation between the People’s Republic of China and Serbia.
The Third Volume of The Governance of China…
The third volume of “Xi Jinping: The Governance of China” was published at the end of June. This is a subsequent part of articles, speeches and letters, among others, of General Secretary Xi from the last few years.
Putin’s Constitution
With a constitutional overhaul of the balance of power in Russia, Vladimir Putin is pushing to consolidate his eternal grip on power. As Russia is seeing a slew of rifts in its politics, economy as well as social matters, any attempts to repeat its past ‘tandemocracy’, or the joint leadership of Russia between 2008 and 2012, are considered by the Kremlin as far too risky.
Russia Close to Reach Oil Output Quotas
Throughout June, Russian oil and gas condensate production averaged 1.272 million tons, or 9.323 million barrels per day (bpd). Russia has stuck to its duties under the OPEC+ oil cuts, official data shows.
Turkey Buys Less Russian Gas
Turkey has been importing less gas from Russia yet the increase of Russian energy commodities is illusory, with Turkish data showing a significant drop in natural gas imports from Iran. Also, Turkey’s liquefied natural gas imports have outpaced the purchase of natural gas through pipelines.
Warsaw Institute’s President comments Polish presidential elections for LRT
Julia Grzybowska, President of the Warsaw Institute Foundation, commented the last presidential elections in Poland for Lithuanian public broadcaster LRT, the country’s largest media group.
A Holiday for Putin’s “Democracy”: Outcome Known From the Top
The proposed constitutional amendments have come into force, with a nationwide plebiscite being nothing but a political theater. The public vote on them is seen as more of a national opinion poll, designed to lend legitimacy to the amendments and solidify Vladimir Putin’s grip on power.
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