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Crimea, a Strategic Bastion on Russia’s Southern Flank

... tend to spread to the Caucasus[26]. From the Kremlin’s perspective, the current Ukrainian crisis is a new attempt by the Euro-Atlantic community, after the 2004 Orange revolution, to expand its influence to Ukraine regardless of the Russian interests. The chronical instability on Russia’s... ... fundamentally different given the fact that there are no nuclear submarines in the Black Sea Fleet which is not tasked with nuclear deterrence mission. On the other hand... ... since 2008 in Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Russia’s sovereignty over Crimea and Sevastopol appears as a critical factor given the fact that it brings a coherence to...

18.12.2014

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Russia’s Plans for Crimea: the Black Sea Fleet

Part Two: What are the consequences for the buildup of the Black Sea Fleet? Having examined the plans for the economic development of Crimea ... ... artillery boats). Nearly 90% of the tonnage of the fleet is based in Crimea, mainly in Sevastopol (80%), and in Feodossia (9%)[1]. In 2014, the overall average age of the... ... 1997, the treaty on status and terms of deployment of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine (May 28, 1997), the treaty on mutual settlements related with division and stay...

23.07.2014

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