A Brief Note On The And The Russian Conflict

Ukraine, once a totalitarian state in the USSR, is now being ravaged by civil war. This war has been fought between Ukrainian Nationalist and Pro-Russian supporters in the Donbass region. This rising unrest can be traced back to the Russian ties that run deep in its Government. This Russian influence is being used by President Putin to incite Rebellion in the eyes of Ukrainians, and it all starts with Ukrainian politics of party groups Svoboda and The Party of Regions

In so called “Crimean” speech in March 2014 Russian President V. Putin used such terms as “divided nation”, “national-traitors”, “Russian world”, justifying and legitimizing Russia taking over Crimean peninsula. President V. Putin applied mostly to the Russian people concerned by “protection of compatriots” abroad from discrimination or even repressions and historical “injustice” needed to be repaired. But does Kremlin really believe in this or it uses this rhetoric just to explain Russian involvement to the neighbor’s inner situation? The right answer on this question will make us to understand true Russian foreign policy motivation in Ukraine and Baltic states. Knowing what is Russian Foreign Policy driven by, the recommendations to those

On November of 2013 the citizens of Ukraine took to Kiev’s streets. Mass protests broke out in dispute of the governments plan to drop agreements with the European Union and instead seek closer economic ties with Russia. Since the protests broke out Ukraine has seen an ongoing conflict in the east of the country. In order to illustrate a clearer understanding of the current situation in Ukrainian I will first discuss a brief history of Ukraine and its relationship with Russian since the fall of the Soviet Union.

For a state to survive, it must pursue power. From Putin’s point of view, NATO’s expansion lessened Russia’s ability to influence its neighbors in terms of economic and foreign policy. For example, Putin offered to buy $15 billion dollars in Ukrainian government bonds in exchange for Ukraine buying gas from Russia instead of the European Union, a move that would keep Ukraine within its sphere of influence. When the protests erupted in Kiev after President Yanukovych accepted the deal and Ukraine became destabilized, Russia appeared to lose its ability to influence Eastern Europe’s largest state which was historically part of the Russia and still has a large Russian speaking population, Russia was perceived as to have lost the image of power

This is where Ukraine adopted the anti Russia political identity known today. The candidate Yushchenko did not want russia interfering in ukraine and its politics. Leading the political party “Our Ukraine” Yushchenko became seeing as a reformer with pro west attitude. However, this would cost him as he was poison during the election. The country became divided on the issue of russian interference. Thus, the country was split politically with the western part being pro russia. This is due to when Ukraine was urbanized and many ethnic russian migrated to this region. Furthermore, this area is where Crimea is were russian backed militia are currently fighting the Ukrainian government. The election was rigged in favor of Yanukovich and it would lead to the Orange Revolution. The revolution led to millions of people taking to the street to express their

The Russian military is vastly superior to that of the Baltic States (Estonia, Lithuania, and Latvia) and Russia has an interest in occupying the Baltic States for strategic and political reasons. A large minority of the population of the Baltics is ethnically Russian, installed in the area after Soviet occupation of the Baltics after the Second World War. Also, Russian forces near the Baltics outnumber Baltic and NATO forces in the area. Kaliningrad, a Russian enclave between Poland and Lithuania, is the headquarters of Russia’s Baltic fleet (Meyer). The desired military end state for the United States is that Russia is incapable or unwilling to invade the Baltics, and the Baltics are assured of this. We are interested in how United States’ military assets may be brought to bear in order to achieve Baltic security from Russia. We assert that Baltic security may be enhanced by increasing the presence of United States military forces in the Baltics.

After the Tsar regime was overthrown in 1917, Russia experienced further discontent as its people carried out revolution and civil war (Modern World History: Russia 1905-41). From these occurrences, Russia then became the first communist state in the world. The Bolsheviks had become the ruling party after taking over the Provisional Government in the revolution of November 1917. Vladimir Lenin had been the leader of this party. There was a bitter civil war between the Communists who were the Reds and the opposition being the Whites. As a final point the Bolsheviks defeated their enemies in the Russian Civil War that lasted for 3 years and ended in 1920.

The place that’s the state of Russia has been occupied by the citizens for thousands of years. King Rurik of the Rus was the founder of the first new and modern political body of Russia on 862. King Rurik of the Rus was the one who made the ruler of Novgorod. As years passes by, the Rus trounce and conquered the city of Kiev. Rus has become a authoritative, powerful and a influential empire in Europe reaching its pinnacle under Yaroslav I the wise and Vladimir the Great. In the 13th century, by the leadership of Batu Khan, the Mongols invade the area and wiped out the Kievan Rus. (Nelson, 2015)

The purpose of this report is to provide the Administration the required information and policy options to make an informed and balanced decision of how the United States should respond to resurgent Russian power in Ukraine. This report will first detail the statement of issue, followed by further background, pre-existing policies and finally this reports own policy options.

Russia has a rich history filled with over 100 nationalities from around the world. Our History began with East Slavs who were Slavic people who spoke Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian. We evolved from the medieval state of Kievan Rus into Russian, Ukrainian and Belorussian people during the 17th century. Russia is the largest country and the most diverse in the world. The USSR was formed after the collapse of the rule of tsars of the Russian empire due to the revolutions of 1917 which were a series of revolutions that swept Russia due to building social and political unrest. The February revolutions lead to the overthrow of Tsar Nicholas II and an installment of a leftist provisional government. The October revolution resulted in the

Conflicts in a country occur everywhere in the world. Russia and Chechnya's conflict is one example.There were many reasons and factors that led this conflict to grow into a war. Both Russia and Chechnya had different goals and interests that they tried to achieve. This led them to oppose one another and see eachother as enemies. The following is a full analysis of the conflict, which explains the background factors, which contributed to it.

The years following the collapse of the Soviet Union have been marked with constant conflict as Russia attempts to regain its footing on the world stage. Within the past decade alone, Russia has managed to annex Crimea from the Ukraine, defeat the Chechens and Georgians, and supports the Bashar Al Assad regime in Syria. Furthermore, Its current leader Vladimir Putin, has managed to maintain power over Russia for over seventeen years. With this in mind, Russia's leadership have constantly expressed an unwillingness to cooperate with other western powers, which has resulted in Economic sanctions and the breakout of cyber warfare. The current situation seems to be deteriorating as Russia

Tracing the Historical Roots of Modern Day Conflicts - Why is the Ceasefire in Ukraine Holding?

The conflict between the Ukraine and Russia is the Ukraine's most long-standing and deadly crisis; since its post-Soviet independence began as a protest against the government dropping plans to forge closer trade ties with the European Union. The conflict between Russia and the Ukraine stems from more than twenty years of weak governance, the government’s inability to promote a coherent executive branch policy, an economy dominated by oligarchs and rife with corruption, heavy reliance on Russia, and distinct differences between Ukraine's population from both Eastern and Western regions in terms of linguistics, religion and ethnicity (Lucas 2009).

The Russian Federation is a major world power on the economic and political stage, as it is a vast nation with valuable resources within its borders. Politically, Russia has a history of intervening in foreign affairs and playing an active part in major world conflicts. This has caused some democratic countries to impose sanctions on the state, resulting in an economic recession and strained political relationships.