President of Ukraine

spanned from 1945-1991, Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev took power in 1985. The main goal of President Gorbachev was to revitalize the communist party, and in his attempts to do so, he aided in bringing the Soviet Union to its demise. President Gorbachev’s plan was to introduce four different programs to completely revitalize Russian government, and while almost all of his programs ended in failure, he successfully changed many of the ideas of the nation. President Gorbachev wanted to “adapt the

made their choice; it should be treated with respect, and Russia cannot do otherwise.” Since 2014, Russia and Ukraine have battled over the territory of Crimea, an area in eastern Ukraine stocked with large amounts of gas and oil. Despite Crimea being in Ukrainian territory, Russia has invaded the region and claimed it as their own. Although, this conflict in Crimea may be rather new, Ukraine and Russia share a deep and complex history. In order to study the crisis occurring in Crimea, it is important

Casualties By first attacking and annexing Crimea with stealth powers and after moving into and possessing eastern parts of Ukraine, Putin was sending clear flags to his neighbors that endeavors to democratize, change, and incorporate all the more intimately with Western establishments like the European Union would not be allowed. Crimea is currently part of The Ukraine however

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

Communism still lives in the Russian military’s takeover of the Crimean region of Ukraine. Nations stand idly by, watching, with little more than mild concern for the Ukrainians. However, it is the United Nation and NATO’s duty to recognize and defend Ukrainian sovereignty against the Russian incursion into Crimea. The Russians should not be allowed to have Crimea because Crimea is already a part of Ukraine. If no one intervenes, history will be repeated, and there will be war. Because of the historical

In war-torn eastern Ukraine, both the Ukrainian government and the separatists acting on behalf of Russia violate the human rights established in the Convention Against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.Ukraine has been a nation in crisis since 2013, when then-president Viktor Yanukovych refused to sign an association agreement with the European Union that had been in the works for years, instead choosing to strengthen ties with Russia. This led to a political

Briefing paper. Should Russia expand beyond Crimea and further into Ukraine. Introduction. Tension in Ukraine began to rise when then the president Viktor Yanukovych rejected a deal proposed by the European Union regarding trade agreements. Late last year when this deal was in consideration, Viktor Yanukovych began to express his doubts in the final stages about signing the trade agreement. For everyone in Ukraine it was clear that Vladimir Putin pressured Viktor Yanukovych so much that essentially

Soviet Union’s grip all had tough times adjusting to the fall, though some adjusted faster than the rest. Lithuania rebelled and attempted to leave the Soviet Union right before it fell. Lithuania payed for this by not keeping territory by its border. Ukraine is currently dealing with the fallout from a civil war that Russia meddled in and then won. Russia being the start of the Soviet Union fared better than most of the countries, but it still had its struggles. Russia struggled for a decade to figure

Sovereignty and non-interference in internal matters are deemed as sacrosanct in international relations. However, they are the principles usually flouted, particularly since the fall of the European empires and the rise of the Cold War. The crises in Ukraine and Syria, among others, are only the latest examples of the erosion of sovereignty and external interference in internal matters. European powers of the yore exercised sovereign rights without significant external interference. They were driven

The political relations between Ukraine and Russia as the two independent subjects of international relations were established in 1991 after the eighth December of the same year signed the Belavezha agreement between Russia, Ukraine and Belarus, which marked the end of the existence of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics as " subject of international law and geopolitical reality "and the establishment of the Commonwealth of Independent States. From that moment we can talk about the beginning