Crimea

When you deprive people of food you take away their power, strength and now you control them now. Before Stalin era, the Ukraine was under the domination of Imperial Czars of Russia ruled for 200 years. In 1917, they collapsed and Vladimir Lenin took over, seizing everything that the Czars controlled. Coming next was four

Chechnya is situated in the Caucasus Mountains, between the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea. It is surrounded by Dagestan to the east, Georgia and South Ossetia to the south, Russia to the north and North Ossetia in the west. Chechnya is rich in mineral oil and produced twenty million tons per year before the disintegration of the Soviet Union. The collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 created the opportunity for the Russian provinces to declare their independence. The Russian government managed to keep its control of all states apart from Chechnya, which, under the new president Dzhokhar Dudayev, declared independence in October 1991.

The Soviet Union was a socialist state located on the Eurasian continent, which existed from 1922 to 1991. It was a conglomeration of a number of subnational Soviet republics with its government and economy centralized. The Soviet Union was based on a one-party system under the governorship of the Communist Party, with Moscow as its capital. Since the decline of the Soviet Union, Russia has been on the forefront seeking to bring about a resurgence of the socialist state. Current political events in Europe and in particular, those that revolve around Russia, demonstrate efforts directed towards reviving the Soviet Union. In more than one occasion, news releases have alleged that Vladimir Putin has plans underway to reignite the Soviet Union gradually and that the annexation of Crimea is evidence of this. In an article, journalist Adam Withnall noted that “…Vladimir Putin will not stop trying to expand Russia until he has “conquered” Belarus, the Baltic states and Finland,” (para. 1). Thus, there is increased tension in countries around the region, which was initially considered as being part of the Soviet Union. In truth, the Ukrainian revolution is demonstrative of Russia’s attempt to reignite the Soviet Union following the acquisition of Crimea, which will result to limiting the influence and expansion of NATO and the United States in Europe. Thus, Russia’s motivation to expand her influence

GDP: $12.82 trillion. (2006) GDP/capita: $18,056. Annual growth of per capita GDP: 2.8% (2006). Income of top 10%: 27.5%. Unemployment 8.8% (2006).

With a population of two million people covering about 26,100 square kilometers, Crimea is a peninsula on the northern coast of the Black Sea and an autonomous Russian speaking republic of Ukraine. In the early history of Crimea, it was dominated, colonized, and ruled repeatedly by the Greeks, the Romans, the Huns, the Byzantine Empire and others briefly. During the thirteenth century Crimea was even under the rule of the Khan dynasty because it was occupied by Turkish speaking Muslims who were part of the Golden Horde. The Crimean War of 1853-56 pitted Russia against an alliance of Great Britain, France, Sardinia and Turkey, which was mainly fought on the Crimean Peninsula, leaving the city in ruins. During the

There are many places on Earth that have a disputable history. Crimea is somewhere in the top of those places. This is due to the very complex situations that this peninsula and its inhabitants have faced throughout the history. Undoubtedly, history is one of the complex factors that played a crucial role and ultimately led to the seizure of the peninsula. First inhabitants of Crimea were the Cimmerian people in the 5th century B.C. They were followed by Greeks in the 1st century B.C. and then by Romans in 1st A.D. During the next millennium, the peninsula was overrun by many tribes. Among these tribes were Mongols and the Byzantines. Golden Horde, the Tatars, settled in Crimea in the 15th century. The Tatars are considered Crimean

cold water ports and sought to take hold on the warm water port of Crimea. However Crimea was in the Ottoman Empire which was being taken control of by European powers, so when the

land reforms for the peasant farmers, and made many other reforms. The Russian citizen’s needs

The area that is now modern day Ukraine has been inhabited since around 32,000 BC. The country is 233,000 square miles of land and being bordered by Russia to the east and northeast, Belarus to the northwest, Poland and Slovakia to the west, Hungary, Romania and Moldova to the southwest and finally the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov to the south and southeast. Compared to other countries it is the 46th largest in the world and is ranked 32nd in population with around 44.5 million people. Out of all of those 44.5 million people the poverty rate is at about 24 percent. This means that around 10.8 million people are living in poverty in Ukraine. When looking at the different types of people living in Ukraine the vast majority, about 77 percent are Ukrainians, then 17 percent are Russians and then five percent are other or unspecified. The top two main languages spoken are Ukrainian, which accounts for about 67 percent of the population, and Russian, which accounts for around 30 percent. Also

Unfortunately, these were not Yuschenko’s only setbacks. Economic issues, such as rising debt, hurt the Ukraine, and Russia became angry as Ukraine strengthened its relationship with the European Union. In apparent retaliation (though Russia claims this incident to be economically rather than politically motivated), Russia cut off its supply of natural gas in 2006 for a brief period of time because of Ukraine’s “use of row over prices” (bbc). In the same year, changes in the constitution were made, taking some powers from the president and instead giving them to the parliament.

The job of the government was improved their people's life and not take benefit from the people. The policies and laws were made to protect the citizen's rights. Unfortunately, the Soviet Union government proposed to enforce its policies of collectivization and grain quotas by forcing people working together in the collective farm. Because Ukrainian didn't follow the directives from Moscow. Therefore, the Soviet Union established a policy specific against the people don't follow the direction from the Soviet Union government. This affected a lot of people in Ukraine. According to document 2," Immediate question of delivery of goods, completes the suspension of corporate and states in the village..." This piece of textual evidence demonstrates that the people that disobey the orders from the Soviet Union

Throughout their shared history, Russia had been the leader, Ukraine the submissive follower. The two nations had shared much of their history and culture, constantly entwined, and Russia was determined to keep it that way. With the increasing need to industrialize, Stalin ordered the collectivization of farms throughout the USSR and forced them to meet impossibly high quotas. With the Ukrainians’ failure to meet the quotas, they were forced to go without food for the winter and spring of 1931-1932, causing the deaths of millions. Then and now, the people of Ukraine struggle to grapple with the tragedy and the effects of it (Birg & Vanik, 2015).

This research paper aims to address issues relating primarily to the Russian annexation of Crimea in 2014. Annexation in itself brings forth an array of issues under international law, and the problem this paper looks into is whether the acquisition of the Crimean territory by the Russian Federation was valid in terms of international law, as well as analysing the arguments brought forward by Russia in defence of its actions leading up to the annexation of the Crimean territory. Aspects relating to the use of force principle will be critically discussed, as well as issues relating to infringement of state sovereignty.

Crimea is accessible by land, air, or sea, those that intend to drive into Crimea from Ukraine or Russia enter the peninsula using the Kerch ferry. One train traverses the Crimean territory from Russia and crosses by Kerch ferry from Moscow to Simferopol. The Kerch ferry is the primary Crimean-Russian connector through the Kerch Strait.

Furthermore, Ukraine’s economic incentives are numerous. The EU is by far its largest trading partner, with approxi-mately 90% of imports and exports. The EU is also the largest foreign investor in the country, with 70%. While Ukraine’s economy was particularly hard-hit during the global financial crisis, requiring a $16.5 billion IMF loan, it gave a