Russia 's Little Brother : The American Psychological Association Guidelines

Russia, Poland, and other countries surrounding it. When Russia finally won all of the Ukraine after fighting for four years with the Czars, they only used the country for profit. The Soviets did not care about the people, but only the money they were able to make off of the crops grown there. This led to the Ukrainians wanting to

Ukraine has been an independent state since 1991 and after the collapse of the Soviet Union, the two nations continued to hold close ties. In the past two decades, there have been several significant events affecting the balance of power between the two nations. One of the events was in December 1994 when Ukraine agreed to give up its substantial nuclear arsenal at Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurance. The condition of this agreement being Russia and other signing countries would issue an assurance against threats or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine. Just a few year later Russia also signed the Charter for European Security, the action “reaffirmed the inherent right

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

The two countries, Russia and Ukraine, had different reactions towards the armed violence and impeachment of the Ukrainian president. Although the majority of the Ukrainians opposed Viktor’s decision to procrastinate the signing the EU-Ukraine integration agreement, all the ex-presidents accused for its interference with the affairs of Crimean. The former presidents of Ukraine, including Leonid Kravchuk and Leonid Kuchma described the present crisis as Russia’s political interventions designed to interfere with the internal affairs of Ukraine and its relationship with the European Union (Hanschke 1). The people of Crimea have not been seeking for secession from Ukraine, but their interest is to have extended autonomy and rights to govern the Crimean affairs with minimum involvement of the government of Ukraine. Russia, on the other hand, have dismissed the accusation and stated that it is pursuing the interest of the people of Crimea to join the Federation of Russia. Russia holds that the people of Crimea have the power to decide the future of their territory and Russia will be ready to respect their decision. Study shows that about 90

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).

In 2013 as Ukraine was negotiating with the European Union, President Putin was also conducting secret meetings with the president of Ukraine. These secret meetings helped sway the President of Ukraine to decide against joining the union and striking a deal with Russia for oil and natural gas. This was the starting point for the Ukrainian revolution in 2014. The Ukrainian President found refuge in Russia after he was exiled for his decision to join Russia and not the European Union. Now with Ukraine in disarray, Putin had a new plan; he secretly sent soldiers into Crimea. Putin saw Crimea as a vital piece of land that could help Russia by giving them a seaport, which is more accessible to the rest of the world. This would also give Russia the chance to strengthen their navy by giving them a more direct route to the west in order to defend themselves from the west. Starting October 2014 reports surfaced that there were troops in Crimea. Putin and Russia’s government denied all claims that the troops were Russian soldiers. By March 2, 2015, Russia acknowledged that they had sent troops to the border of Ukraine to protect Russia from any actions towards Russia. By March 16, Russia announced that troops are in Ukraine and that they held the majority of the government buildings in Crimea. This sparked the first set of sanctions from the west. Mostly economic, Russia was able to hold out and not be affected by these sanctions. The second set of sanctions hit their businesses and many of Putin’s friends, which he appointed. This is when Putin started to negotiate with the west. Crimea then held a vote to see if they would join Russia or stay part of Ukraine. 90% voted in favor of joining Russia. Putin’s controversial and secretive acts had paid off and Crimea is now part of

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 nickname “Little Russia” also emerged during this era. Russian became mandated as the official language and Ukrainian was no longer allowed to be published in any type of books. It is also important to note that the tsarist regime was not able to control all of the country. In fact, the western front came under control of the Ottoman and Habsburg empires. But on January 28, 1918, in the midst of the Russian Revolution, Ukraine managed to claim its independence. This independence was short lived after the Red Army entered ‘little Russia’ in 1920. The Soviet Union then formed and Ukraine became a member country once again. This presented many issues that still persist, in both countries, and several other Eastern European entities today. The Soviet Union is extremely important when discussing the current Donbas regional conflict, which found favor as an industrial city and still tends to see itself that way. As a member of the USSR, Ukraine was known as the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic (SSR). Ukraine grew dependent on the Soviet Union for survival and at times for their demise. Russification began to take place all throughout the empire. The Soviet Union became very intentional about placing ethnic Russians all throughout its territories and proclaiming Russian as the national language. This is a tsarist mindset for projecting an authoritarian rule. After Vladimir Lenin died, a new leader would

It has been argued that the Ukraine conflict can be attributed almost completely on Russian hostility. It is argued that, the Russian president Putin, assaulted Crimea because of the long desire to protect the soviet terrain, and from the prevailing situation, he may possibly pursue the entire Ukraine, as well as other nations in Eastern Europe. In this perception the dismissal of Ukraine president Viktor simply provided an excuse for Putin`s decision to order Russian militaries to take hold of part of Ukraine (Baker, et al 2014, p.1). The United States takes a big responsibility in this conflict despite the idea that it is anticipated to answer back to the skirmish between Ukraine and Russia.

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

The crisis in Ukraine and Crimea’s recent accession to Russia are events that clearly highlight the underlying sources of conflict in global politics. While Russia sees its actions in Crimea as a “reunification” and the respect for the right of self-determination, the West views it as a threat to European security and a violation of territorial integrity. Crimea has been a debatable topic from the time it came under the control of the Russian Empire in 1783 during the reign of Catherine the Great. The justification then was similar to the reasoning being used by Vladimir Putin today. Catherine declared that she was protecting ethnic Russians in the region from the Ottoman Empire, much as Putin is claiming to protect Russians from Ukrainian

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).

In early 2014, Russia made the decision to conduct an illegal military intervention into Ukraine. It all began when there was a dispute over whether Ukraine should accept financial help from Russia or Europe, which then ascended into the ousting of the Ukrainian president and then invasion of Ukraine. More specifically, Russia began to taking over the Ukraine territory of the Crimean Peninsula through illegal use of force (Global Security, 2016). During that time, the Russian government voted to place Crimean’s into the Russian Federation, which had been rapidly accepted by the President of Russia himself, Vladimir Putin. Most of the Crimean population is ethnic Russians, although there are also the pro-Ukraine Tatar minorities that make

The ethnic Russians in Ukraine live in fear due to extremists and fascists. Even you know this is true. I am listening to my people’s desire for a return of the Russian empire—a mark of a successful and legitimate leader (Lebow, 2010). My popularity has spiked domestically in recent months. These move are natural because they are in the interest of my empire—ahem—great nation.

From the very beginning of its existence, the two states were a single entity and not separated from each other, as well as their people. Ukraine and Russia have a common early history. The development of Russian statehood began with the formation of Kievan Rus. This ancient Russian state considers its predecessor, both Russian and Ukrainian. Later, after moving the center of power in Moscow, Ukraine has become a full-fledged part of Muscovy. The territory of modern western and central Ukraine were subjected to severe influence on the part of the Commonwealth, which captures these lands in fifteen to sixteen centuries. In 1648 Zaporozhye Cossacks rebelled against Poland, led by the Cossack Bohdan Khmelnytsky, which resulted in the fact that in 1654 was convened Pereyaslavskaya Parliament, which stated that the territory controlled by the rebels come under Russian protectorate. Later these lands were integrated