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Belarus: Situation In the Field of National Security and Defense as of February 2016

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The plans on supply of armament and equipment for the year 2016 have been announced, including the battery of ADMS “Tor-M2”; radar stations “Protivnik”, “Rosa” and “Vostok”; helicopters Mi-8MTV-5; armored vehicles, including modernized T-72 and BTR-70; the 4th division of ADMS S-300 are to arrive to Belarus from Russia in March.  The first visit to Belarus of the delegation from Thailand led by the Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Defense of the Kingdom took place; the intergovernmental agreement on military-technical cooperation was signed. (PDF) Andrei Porotnikov

Situation In the Field of Economic Security of Belarus as of February 2016

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The expected EFSD credit, the improved foreign trade performance and the turn in the oil market significantly reduce the risks of financial imbalance of the Belarusian economy. The most acute is the issue of economic recession and worsening of the social situation among the population. (PDF) Pavel Kirkovsky 

Russia’s Aggressive Policy in the Struggle for a New International Order and Ukraine’s Perspective

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This paper was prepared within the framework of the ongoing discussion on the current crisis in Russia-West security relations organized by the European Leadership Network (ELN). (PDF) Oleksandr Tytarchuk

Comments and Proposals of FPRI and EESRI Foundation for Future Work of the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions

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Joint Comments of FPRI and EESRI Foundation to the Questionnaire on Perceptions of the OSCE and Proposals for the Future Work of the OSCE Network of Think Tanks and Academic Institutions. Presented  during the Second OSCE Network’s Meeting held in Hamburg on February 24, 2016. (PDF)

Belarus: Situation In the Field of National Security and Defense as of January 2016

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The most important event of January was the comprehensive inspection of the Armed Forces. The issues of strengthening protection of the state border by the army were discussed as part of the inspection. The measures were taken for staffing with the reservists of the Special Operation Forces. In the Vitebsk region, the 103rd mobile brigade completed the task of defeating the conditional illegal group armed with “lightly armored and other equipment.” (PDF) Andrei Porotnikov 

Situation In the Field of Economic Security of Belarus as of January 2016

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The deteriorated economic situation poses a tangle of serious problems to the authorities, the most difficult of which are: the lack of resources to service the external national debt, problems with the budget execution and the risk of further GDP decline. (PDF) Pavel Kirkovsky 

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