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The article analyzes the contours of today's German "Eastern policy" and its interconnection with the Russian-German "strategic partnership". The authors come to a conclusion, that German "Eastern policy" is embedded not only in the context of (geo)economic interests, but to the same extent in the context of European and Euro-Atlantic solidarity. The format of bilateral "strategic partnership" resolves only a part of Russian foreign policy tasks, without developing multilateral initiatives, which would involve other key actors, like Poland, and would be more productive for realization of Russian interests in Europe.

Artykuł ukazał się w: Spotkania polsko-mołdawskie. Księga poświęcona pamięci Profesora Janusza Solaka, red. M. Kosienkowski, Wydawnictwo Episteme, Lublin 2013, s. 303-328. ; The article describes new political developments in Transnistria, a quasi-state that has been outside of Moldovan control since 1992. Transnistria has gone through the process of gradual pluralisation over the last few years. This fact was fully manifested during the December 2011 presidential elections when due to several factors examined in this paper, Igor Smirnov – the Transnistrian, authoritarian and eternal leader – unexpectedly failed to be re-elected for his fifth term, and was replaced by Yevgeniy Shevchuk. The authors note that Transnistria's pluralisation positively affects the process of the Transnistrian conflict settlement. However, they have also come to the conclusion that prospects of further democratisation of the quasi-state are rather nebulous. ; Marcin Kosienkowski