Who Is Putin's Annexation?

Former President Viktor Yankovich made a phone call to Vladimir Putin seeking help. He had called while he was in hiding fleeing to Russia right after that conversation, around a two years ago shortly after over a 100 people were killed in a 48 hour protest. He fled his own country for his own safety. The fact that he fled as president to a neighboring countryRussia, shows just what type of situation this man was left

Although, he may have militaristic views on safety and relations he still tries to make his country a better place. He focuses on benefiting his country’s wealth and the general well being of the citizens of Russia. “Under Vladimir Putin, Russia has managed to significantly reduce the arrears to international financial institutions” ( )Although he may have a intense personality, when it comes to government and his people he tries to make their life better. Putin maybe want all control but he can’t have that if his own country is thinking of a revolt. To prohibit this He pays off the debts they had with other countries. Russia has understood what debts can do to your people when they are being prolonged to pay off. Although Putin may want to be their one supreme leader he can not accomplish that if he has to worry about possible revolutions. When some people first come to office, they typically try to make their plans happen. This wasn’t the case when Vladimir Putin came to power. When Putin came to be president he was a faced with a serious issue that was previously left for him, he had to solve the Ukraine conflict.“The power of the Society, or legislative, constituted by them, can never be supposed to extend farther that the common good.”(Locke) This shows that Putin did this to better the good of his people, while doing so he also made his country even safer than it was originally. Solving the Ukraine conflict allowed people within and around that area to feel safer. Instead of being neutral in the situation like other countries, he got involved. Putin may appear fierce but he has a soft spot for the safety of his own and others.

The president of the Russian Federation, Vladimir Putin, has created and/or passed certain legislations that furthermore limit freedom of citizens. One of them gives almost unlimited power to the government to restrict access to “harmful to children or extremist content.” Additionally, the president has been known for his encouragement of severe punishment of non-violent protests and direct criticism of his power. Some protestors on the Bolotnaya Square have been sentenced to years of imprisonment for protests that should have been punished with administrative fines for minor cases of “public misconduct.” The president’s superior power is not only against ordinary citizens but against some of the wealthiest people. One such case was with Mikhail Khodorkovsky, once wealthiest man in Russia, who was repeatedly sentences for years of imprisonment for new crimes, which seem to have few legal justifications.

The recent annexation of Crimea by Russian President Vladimir Putin has its roots in February of 1954, when Khrushchev, as first secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, marked the 300th anniversary of Ukraine’s unification with Russia by presenting Crimea as a gift to the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. As a result, what may well have been part of the power struggle among Soviet leaders after Stalin’s death is closely connected with the present crisis.

Vladimir Putin is the current president of Russia who is either loved who hated across the globe. Not all agree with his political stances and foreign policy. Many of his decisions are constantly under the microscope of all other world leaders. Putin has now won three consecutive elections and has been in office since 2000. This paper will discuss Vladimir Putin's reign of power from 2000 to present day. From 2000-2004 Putin set out to reconstruction of the impoverished condition of

Putin displays an image of power that radiates to his people and either strikes fear or inspires hope for a better future for Russia. He began his political march towards the presidency as a KGB operative in Germany in the last few years the USSR remained to stand. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Putin moved back to St. Petersburg and took a job in the mayor's office as an advisor on international affairs. That was when he began his slow crawl to power eventually earning the position of Prime Minister under the presidency of Boris Yeltsin. At the end of Yeltsin's weak and controversial presidency, the Russian people were eager to find a president who was strong and capable of leading Russia to its rightful glory. Putin offered this in the form of a former KGB operative who will ride a bear shirtless and who will meet opposition with no fear. However, keep in mind that not all of Russia supports Putin. Upon Putin's third reelection into presidency, a somewhat violent protest broke out in which 250 people were arrested. Miriam Elder of The Guardian recalls that the protest "began peacefully as more than 20,000 Russians took to the streets" who were also chanting things like "Putin is a thief" (Elder 5). They were later met at Blotnaya square by a heavily reinforced riot police and the riot was eventually de-escalated and protestors eventually

The administration of President Vladimir Putin has chosen to abridge civil liberties in Russia and demolish the growing power of nongovernmental democratic institutions. The government has embarked on a strategy crush any opposing viewpoints and reinforce its own dominance. In July 2012, Vladimir Putin went into action to suppress the basic human rights of Russians. The three fundamental freedoms—of assembly, association and speech—were treated to fierce legal restriction. The Government chose to ignore parliamentary procedures and numerous protests; many experts believe, that the new laws governing demonstrations, NGOs [non-governmental organisations], the libel and the legal regulation of the Internet are proof that these three rights have not only been restricted, but effectively terminated.

In Putin’s Kleptocracy: Who Owns Russia?, Karen Dawisha relates Russian President Vladmir Putin’s rise to power. She overarchingly claims that Putin is an authoritarian leader who has obstructed and even reverted Russia’s path of democratization, citing, amongst many factors that enabled his ascension, his “interlocking web of personal connections in which he was the linchpin” (100), money-laundering to tax havens and personal projects, and the complicity of the West. With copious research, journalistic interviews, legal documents, and even sporadic informational diagrams, it is evident why her book is so popular amongst scholars and history enthusiasts. Unfortunately however, in spite of the grand yet oftentimes substantiated claims she generates, a more subtle yet noteworthy assumption is made: that the state is a protector, as Olson proffered. She employs this theoretical underpinning from the beginning, though is not representative of Putin’s actual authoritarian regime.

Russia used the communist ideology to transform it into totalitarian state. The communist leaders had complete control over the country’s economy, political and cultural aspects. This system had centralized or unitary power in which the state had all the control within the country. The new system is a combination of a semi-presidential and federalism system where all the power is controlled by one man, Vladimir Putin. Putin had experience in the KGB (Committee on State Security) where this agency protected the country from threats internal and external forces. This exposure gave him access to government leaders and political

He knows that in that neighborhood you need to project an image of a strong leader, decisive and ruthless in his actions. Someone who does not faint at the sight of bombed out cities and mounting body count. Mr Putin is just another dictator flexing his muscles in the region full of dictators. He intimidated the regional powers and the only real opposition he is facing at this time is from the naive and timid liberal democracies in Europe and U.S. and fanatical Islamic State. Unfortunately this configuration will work well for Russia but not for the rest of the world.

Vladimir Putin’s actions incite economic, military, and political tension within the NATO alliance and set the world stage for Russia to enter the New Cold War. Firstly, Putin’s dwindling respect for the United States of America and Europe - the West - causes him to seek an alternative market for Russia’s economy. Additionally, Putin increases Russia’s military activity inciting tension within NATO and Eurasian countries along its borders. Lastly, Vladimir provocatively drives a “political wedge” between his interests and that of the Western World. If Vladimir Putin continues to incite economic, military and political tension, Russia will be on the glide path headed for a new Cold War.

In response to Russia’s annexation of the Crimean region of Ukraine and ongoing military intervention in eastern Ukraine, the United States has imposed a number of economic sanctions on Russia’s financial, energy and defence sectors (The White House, 2014). The measures imposed by the United States are expected to increase Russia’s political isolation as well as increasing the economic costs to Russia (The White House, 2014). Russia is a major player in the international economy: it has the world’s ninth largest economy, is home to a population of more than 140 million, and is a major producer and exporter of natural gas and oil (Nelson, 2015). The Russian economy is predicted to contract by 3.0% in 2015, however, it is difficult to assess whether targeted U.S. sanctions on Russian individuals and entities have contributed to worsening economic conditions in Russia (Nelson, 2015).

Putin’s experience as a KGB agent and a politician in the post-Cold War era would set the foundation for how he proceeded to govern Russia. Putin resolved to once again unify Russia in a quasi-Soviet manner, and to do whatever it took to achieve this goal. Fast forward to 2017, and although the alternative facts surrounding Russia have complex origins, they are largely a result of the Kremlin’s goal to unify the citizenry under one vision and promote fervent nationalism on a large scale.

In recent times, no one can take total power by force alone; you must offer something favorable to the people in order to obtain support. Unfortunately, there are some countries that follow a dictatorship system, which is a form of government that includes social and political power to ensure that the individual’s capability remains strong. Vladimir Putin is a contemporary dictator of Russia. His rebelliousness as a child has led him to his leadership. His cold-heartedness to his rivals and invasion towards countries has led to an opposition towards him. Vladimir Putin’s experience as a street thug led him to his leadership, which easily rose him to power: Not only has he committed crimes against humanity, but he has made groups of people and countries oppose him.

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