Essential CIS Politics: June 2020

RUSSIA / FSU POLITICS - Report 22 Jun 2020 by Alex Teddy and Alexei Panin

* Russia’s economy has been battered but rising energy prices and a new OPEC+ deal have given cause for hope.
* The Russian government stimulus is modest but the economy is reopening as the country faces a constitutional reform referendum in July.
* Ukraine has been buoyed by an IMF loan and US military aid.
* Kazakhstan is suffering severely due to low energy prices and the coronavirus shutting mines.
* Belarus is carrying on as usual, with a presidential campaign in which Lukashenka is seeking to bar serious opponents.

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