... Nikolay Danilveski already described the Black Sea as a “natural maritime fortress[25]” in the heart of which lies Crimea. Since 1991, Moscow considers that the Pontic strategic context has negatively evolved: Bulgaria and Romania have become ... ... instability, especially coming from Syria, 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 southern flank, whether it comes from ...
... context, linking the issues of lifting reciprocal sanctions with the decentralisation of Ukraine while maintaining its territorial integrity and non-aligned status, abandoning... ... agreement and paying for the necessary algorithms to achieve dialogue in the context of Crimea’s entry into Russia will make it possible, albeit in the long term, to... ... pointing to the importance and necessity of multilateral dialogue.
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Chronicles of the Ukrainian crisis
(in russian)
It is only possible to implement dialogue scenarios of...
... summer of 2014 fundamentally changed Russia’s view of the plan to resolve the Ukrainian crisis proposed on 17 March 2014
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. The main points of the plan are:... ... be adopted by referendum;
To establish the neutral military and political status of Ukraine;
To make Russian the second state language, and granting other minority languages... ... simultaneously hold elections for all national and regional authorities;
To recognize Crimea as part of the Russian Federation;
To get a guarantee from the European Union...
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What are the consequences for the buildup of the Black Sea Fleet?
Having examined the plans for the economic development of Crimea and the construction of infrastructures in the peninsula in our previous paper, we now raise issues related to the impact ... ... of the Black Sea Fleet signed on May 28, 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 of the Russian Black Sea Fleet in Ukraine ...
... Currently, the peninsula produces 10% to 30% of its needs, while the rest of the electricity, around 1,400 megawatts, comes from Ukraine. To deal with Crimean energy supplies, Russia plans to build two new power plants. The first one would be built directly on the peninsula and ... ... Russia’s Economy?
Beyond economic sanctions adopted by most of the Euro-Atlantic community against Russia due to the Ukrainian crisis, the integration of the peninsula and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation is likely to have a substantial cost ...
