Russia’s budget for 2025: war above all | OSW Centre for Eastern …
Nov 22, 2024 · In 2025, war-related spending will increase significantly. The largest rise in expenditure is planned in the “national defence” section, reaching 13.2 trillion roubles …
Belarus: severe sentence imposed on Catholic priest
Jan 2, 2025 · On 30 December 2024, a court in Minsk sentenced Father Henryk Okolotowicz to 11 years in a high-security penal colony. The trial was held behind closed doors; information …
Another Russian strike on Ukraine’s energy sector. Day 1041 of the …
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OS W REPOR T 10/2024 5 MAIN POINTS • Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 is not an escalation of a local conflict over limited territory. It is an armed aggression …
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The Kurds in Turkey – waiting for a turning point
Nov 27, 2024 · The Kurdish question – a term used to define the conflicting aspirations of the Turkish government and a segment of the country’s population – affects all aspects of the …
A return to conservatism: the CDU’s new platform
May 8, 2024 · During its party congress in Berlin on 7 May, the CDU adopted its new basic platform (Grundsatzprogramm), which supersedes the 2007 document. It sets the party’s main …
Turkey and the European Union: in a maze of disputes
Apr 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 …
The FDP presents its demands: is this the end of Germany’s …
Nov 5, 2024 · On 31 October, Germany’s Minister of Finance and leader of the FDP, Christian Lindner, presented a series of demands aimed at revitalising the German economy. The key …
Winning the war with Russia (is still possible)
Oct 28, 2024 · Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine aims to subjugate or destroy Ukraine, overturn the current political and security order in Europe, and fundamentally revise the global …