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Trade liberalisation has helped the Eastern Partnership countries Moldova and Georgia to export more to the EU. While in some export sectors it has benefitted a broad range of economic actors, including small and medium-sized local enterprises, in others, only large, mainly foreign firms and oligarchic networks have reaped rewards, a new ZOiS report reveals.

In 2020, the arrest of the governor of Khabarovsk Krai triggered mass protests, which continued for several months and posed a serious challenge to the Kremlin. By analysing the framing of the protests in social media, a new ZOiS Report offers explanations for their longevity and mass character.

We still know too little about the public mood in Belarus. As the protests continue to be suppressed, it becomes even more important to understand societal attitudes and preferences. A new ZOiS Report presents the results of one of the first large surveys of the population since the start of the mass protests in Belarus last August