Ukrainian Justice Minister Denys Maliuska told the court that the events in eastern Ukraine and Crimea in 2014 foreshadowed the current crisis. He told the court his country faces “a consistent or long-term policy of the Russian Federation aimed at bending Ukraine to the Russian ...
Estonia, once a Soviet republic, has already increased its defence budget to around 3% of gross domestic product, a leader among members of the U.S.-led NATO alliance, since Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Its Foreign Intelligence Service said last month that Russia ...
which critics says does little to address Ukraine's overarching requirement in any peace deal — namely that Russia withdraws all its forces from Ukraine and that it regains all lost territory, including Crimea.
(G-8). However, that membership was suspended indefinitely after Russia annexed the Ukrainianautonomousrepublic ofCrimeain 2014. Russia’s long-delayed application to join theWorld Trade Organizationwas finally granted in 2012. In January 2015 Russia became a founding member of the Eurasian Economic ...
On the ground, Russia will try to take Kramatorsk and Slovyansk, which would effectively give it the whole of the Donbas region. At sea, the Ukrainians will try to make the most of the pressure they can put on Crimea through their increasing success in the western part of the Black ...
Russia and its proxies in eastern Ukraine call the capture of the Luhansk region, which happened last weekend, a "liberation" although Russia is widely seen as using a rationale of "protecting" the breakaway separatist areas, which were founded in 2014 as Russia annexed Crimea from Ukraine, as...
When Trump took office six months ago, one of the biggest worries in Berlin was that he would deliver on his campaign promise to cozy up to Putin, unilaterally lift sanctions against Russia and possibly even recognize its 2014 annexation of Crimea. But in recent months, the concerns have shif...
It also argues that the military intervention and the recognition are both important for understanding the subsequent paradigm shift in Russian foreign policy that only came during the Crimea crisis.doi:10.1080/17449057.2021.1882117Kavus Abushov
Apple's Maps and Weather apps now mark Crimea as part of Ukraine when accessed outside of Russia. It appears the company has quietly updated its stance on the territorial dispute. Russia's recent invasion of Ukraine may have something to do with it....
According to Nikolenko, the feeling is similar to that of 2014 and 2015, following Russia's annexation of Crimea. Despite statements coming from the Russian Federation indicating an openness to peace talks, Nikolenko sees Russia's actions as directly contrary to those ends. ...