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Polski Przegląd Dyplomatyczny 3/2022, 2022
This European implementation assessment (EIA) is an updated version of the EIA on the Association... more This European implementation assessment (EIA) is an updated version of the EIA on the Association agreement between EU and Ukraine, which was prepared in July 2018 to assist the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) of the European Parliament with its scrutiny work. It consists of two parts: Part I, an in-house opening analysis written by Dr Anna Zygierewicz with Ilaria Giustacchini from the Ex-Post Evaluation Unit (EVAL) of the European Parliamentary Research Service, and Part II, an externally prepared briefing paper written by Daniel Szeligowski (ed.), Maria Piechowska, Melchior Szczepanik, Damian Wnukowski, and Maciej Zaniewicz from the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Warsaw, Poland.
PISM Report, 2019
“Kremlin kids” is a term describing the younger generation of the Russian elite’s close family an... more “Kremlin kids” is a term describing the younger generation of the Russian elite’s close family and other relatives. Owing to their families’ influence, “Kremlin kids” enjoy a privileged position within Russia, running strategic state-owned companies, affording studies, acquiring
property across the world and winning lucrative state contracts for their own companies. Not all children of the Russian elite are “Kremlin kids,” yet almost every member of the elite has a “Kremlin kid” in their family.
Within Russia, the “Kremlin kids”—the elite’s most trustworthy associates—help their parents and families control strategic Russian companies (in oil, gas, energy, banking, etc.). Those who run their own businesses can count on a substantial flow of money from the state budget (less often, they personally work in the government). Such influence and experience make the “Kremlin kids” the most likely successors of the current ruling Russian elite.
By holding such top positions, the “Kremlin kids” help achieve Russia’s foreign-policy goals because state-owned companies are often used by Russia as political tools. Even “Kremlin kids” who do not sit on the boards of state-owned enterprises promote Russian policy abroad, for
example, in illegally annexed Crimea. More than that, though, the Russian elite avoid Western sanctions by passing their assets to their trusted family members. Therefore, the importance of the “Kremlin kids” grows also on the international level.
The “Kremlin kids” should be perceived as a potential line of Russian penetration of the West. They are in positions to corrupt U.S. and EU officials with their illegally earned money and, therefore, to weaken the West’s ability to respond to Russia’s aggressive actions.
Polski Przegląd Dyplomatyczny 3/2019, 2019
PISM Report, 2019
Technical editor and cover designer Dorota Dołęgowska 978-83-66091-22-1 (pb) 978-83-66091-23-8 (e... more Technical editor and cover designer Dorota Dołęgowska 978-83-66091-22-1 (pb) 978-83-66091-23-8 (e-book)
Polski Przegląd Dyplomatyczny nr 2/2019, 2019
Genshagener Papiere No.19, 2017
Polski Przegląd Dyplomatyczny 3/2022, 2022
This European implementation assessment (EIA) is an updated version of the EIA on the Association... more This European implementation assessment (EIA) is an updated version of the EIA on the Association agreement between EU and Ukraine, which was prepared in July 2018 to assist the Committee on Foreign Affairs (AFET) of the European Parliament with its scrutiny work. It consists of two parts: Part I, an in-house opening analysis written by Dr Anna Zygierewicz with Ilaria Giustacchini from the Ex-Post Evaluation Unit (EVAL) of the European Parliamentary Research Service, and Part II, an externally prepared briefing paper written by Daniel Szeligowski (ed.), Maria Piechowska, Melchior Szczepanik, Damian Wnukowski, and Maciej Zaniewicz from the Polish Institute of International Affairs (PISM), Warsaw, Poland.
PISM Report, 2019
“Kremlin kids” is a term describing the younger generation of the Russian elite’s close family an... more “Kremlin kids” is a term describing the younger generation of the Russian elite’s close family and other relatives. Owing to their families’ influence, “Kremlin kids” enjoy a privileged position within Russia, running strategic state-owned companies, affording studies, acquiring
property across the world and winning lucrative state contracts for their own companies. Not all children of the Russian elite are “Kremlin kids,” yet almost every member of the elite has a “Kremlin kid” in their family.
Within Russia, the “Kremlin kids”—the elite’s most trustworthy associates—help their parents and families control strategic Russian companies (in oil, gas, energy, banking, etc.). Those who run their own businesses can count on a substantial flow of money from the state budget (less often, they personally work in the government). Such influence and experience make the “Kremlin kids” the most likely successors of the current ruling Russian elite.
By holding such top positions, the “Kremlin kids” help achieve Russia’s foreign-policy goals because state-owned companies are often used by Russia as political tools. Even “Kremlin kids” who do not sit on the boards of state-owned enterprises promote Russian policy abroad, for
example, in illegally annexed Crimea. More than that, though, the Russian elite avoid Western sanctions by passing their assets to their trusted family members. Therefore, the importance of the “Kremlin kids” grows also on the international level.
The “Kremlin kids” should be perceived as a potential line of Russian penetration of the West. They are in positions to corrupt U.S. and EU officials with their illegally earned money and, therefore, to weaken the West’s ability to respond to Russia’s aggressive actions.
Polski Przegląd Dyplomatyczny 3/2019, 2019
PISM Report, 2019
Technical editor and cover designer Dorota Dołęgowska 978-83-66091-22-1 (pb) 978-83-66091-23-8 (e... more Technical editor and cover designer Dorota Dołęgowska 978-83-66091-22-1 (pb) 978-83-66091-23-8 (e-book)
Polski Przegląd Dyplomatyczny nr 2/2019, 2019
Genshagener Papiere No.19, 2017