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The Ukraine crisis is an ongoing international crisis principally involving Russia and Ukraine. It involves the Crimean Peninsula, a multi-ethnic region which until February 2014 was administered by Ukraine as the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the administratively separate municipality of Sevastopol; Dell Vostro 3450 CPU Fan
both are populated by an ethnic Russian majority and a minority of both ethnic Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars. Currently, the Crimean Peninsula is controlled by the Russian Federation as the Crimean Federal District, a status which is not recognized by the United Nations. The crisis has also spread to the Eastern and Southern regions of Ukraine. Toshiba Satellite A10-103 CPU Fan
The crisis unfolded in late February 2014 in the aftermath of the Ukrainian Revolution, which resulted in President Viktor Yanukovych's deposition by the Ukrainian parliament after his flight from the capital, setting May 25 for a new presidential election, the appointment of an interim President, and the formation of an interim government. Compaq Presario A900 CTO CPU Fan
The Yatsenyuk Government attained recognition from most of the international community，including the U.S. and E.U. Russia, along with a few other countries, condemns the Yatsenyuk government as illegitimate and the result of a coup d'etat, and accuses the United States and the E.U. of funding and directing the 'revolution', while maintaining that Yanukovych was illegally impeached and remains the legitimate president of Ukraine.[ ACER Aspire 4736ZG CPU Fan
Beginning on February 26, pro-Russian forces began to gradually take control of the Crimean peninsula. Many of them were widely believed to be Russian military personnel without insignia. While the gunmen occupied Crimea's parliament building, the Crimean parliament voted to dismiss theCrimean government, Toshiba Satellite A10-103 CPU Fan
replace its Prime Minister and to call a referendum on Crimea's autonomyA referendum on whether to join Russia had an official turnout of 83% and resulted in a 96.77% (Crimea) and 95.6% (Sevastopol) affirmative vote[27] but has been condemned by the EU, the US, Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar officials as contrary to Ukraine's constitution and to international law.[ SONY MCF-519PAM05 CPU Fan
On March 17, the Crimean Parliament declared independence from Ukraine and asked to join the Russian Federation.[31] On March 18 Russia and Crimea signed a treaty of accession of the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol into the Russian Federation.[32][33] On March 27, the UN General Assembly passed a non-binding Resolution 68/262 that declared the Crimean referendum invalid and the incorporation of Crimea into Russia illegal.[34][35] SONY Vaio VPC-EB290X CPU Fan
On April 15, the Ukrainian parliament declared Crimea as a territory temporarily occupied by Russia.The Crimean Khanate, a vassal from 1441, of the Ottoman Empire, was conquered by the Russian Empire in 1783. Following its incorporation into the Russian Empire, Crimea became the "heart of Russian Romanticism" and the region continued to attract vacationers well after the Russian Empire was replaced by the Soviet Union. HP Pavilion dv7-2043cl CPU Fan
The demographics of Crimea have undergone dramatic changes in the past centuries.
Crimea had autonomy within the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic as the Crimean Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic from 1921 until 1945, when Joseph Stalin deported the Crimean Tatars and abolished Crimean autonomy.[44] HP Pavilion dv7-2130ev CPU Fan
In 1954, the Soviet Union underNikita Khrushchev transferred the Crimean Oblast from the Russian SFSR to the Ukrainian SSR, in a "symbolic gesture" that seemed insignificant at the time, since both republics were a part of the Soviet Union.[45][46][47] Crimea's pre-1945 autonomy was re-established with the Crimean sovereignty referendum in 1991, the final year of the Soviet Union's existence.[48] HP 608772-001 CPU Fan
In 1992, the Crimean Parliament voted to hold a referendum to declare independence, while the Russian Parliament voted to void the cession of Crimea to Ukraine.[49][50] In 1994, Russian nationalist Yuri Meshkov won the 1994 Crimean presidential election and organized a referendum on Crimea's status.[51][52] Toshiba Satellite A100-194 CPU Fan
Later in that same year, Crimea's legal status as part of Ukraine was recognized by Russia, which pledged to uphold the territorial integrity of Ukraine in the Budapest memorandum signed in 1994. This treaty (or"executive agreement" for purposes of US law), was also signed by the United States, United Kingdom, and France.[53][54] HP Pavilion tx1205/ CT CPU Fan
Ukraine revoked the Crimean constitution and abolished the office of Crimean President in 1995.[55] Crimea would gain a new constitution in 1998 that granted the Crimean parliament lesser powers than the previous constitution, including no legislative initiative.[48][56]Crimean officials would later seek to restore the powers of the previous constitution.[56] HP Pavilion dv6640ep CPU Fan
The further developments in Crimea and the future of the Russian naval base in Sevastopol there have been a point of contention in Russian-Ukrainian relations.[53] Under the now defunct Russian-Ukrainian Partition Treaty determining the fate of the military bases and vessels in Crimea – signed in 1997 and prolonged in 2010 –COMPAQ Presario CQ42-401TU CPU Fan
Russia was allowed to have up to 25,000 troops, 24 artillery systems (with a caliber smaller than 100 mm), 132 armored vehicles, and 22 military planes, on the Crimean peninsula.The Russian Black Sea fleet was given basing rights in Crimea until 2042.
According to the 2001 census, ethnic Russians make up about 58% of the two million residents of Crimea. Toshiba Satellite A300D CPU Fan
In Sevastopol, which houses a base for the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet, ethnic Russians make up 70% of the city's population of 340,000.[58] Ukrainians make up 24% of the Crimean population, while 12% are Crimean Tatars.[44][58] Ethnic Russians did not become the largest population group in Crimea until the 20th century, HP Pavilion dv8397ea CPU Fan
after Soviet leader Joseph Stalin ordered the deportation of the Crimean Tatars in 1944 for alleged collaboration with Nazi invaders in World War Two.[59][60] Crimean Tatars were not permitted to return to Crimea after their deportation in 1944, and became an international cause célèbre,[61] until the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. HP Pavilion dv9821ea CPU Fan
The continuing return of Crimean Tatars to their homeland in Crimea since the Soviet collapse has caused persistent tensions with the Russian population of the peninsula.[62] A news report claimed pro-Russian forces marking "X" on the doors of houses of Crimean Tatars.[63] The leader of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov protested against the intervention of Russia.[64] HP COMPAQ TC4200 CPU Fan
In the 2010 local parliamentary elections, the Party of Regions received 357,030 votes, while the second-placed Ukrainian Communist Party received 54,172 votes.[65]Both parties were targeted by protesters during the 2014 Ukrainian revolution.In July 2011, Yuriy Olexandrovich Meshkov the former president of Crimea (1994–95) called for a referendum on restoring the 1992 version of the Constitution of Crimea. SONY Vaio VGN-NW228F CPU Fan
The District Administrative Court of Crimea responded by deporting Meshkov from Ukraine for a period of 5 years.[69]
According to the Talinn-based think tank "International Centre for Defense Studies", since Orange Revolution in 2004, Russia has pressured Ukraine against closely associating itself with the West.[70] HP G62-b16ST CPU Fan
It has been stated that the information campaign in Crimea has become especially proficient and systematic, becoming particularly intense during the 2006–08 Ukraine bid for NATO membership. Each of Ukraine's attempts to achieve European integration has led to increased Russian hostility to the idea via its use of information campaign.[70][71] HP 580696-001 CPU Fan
Russia opposes Ukrainian integration with the West for various reasons, including a fear of NATOexpanding to Russia's Western borders[72] and Russia's claimed desire to include Ukraine in a Eurasian Union.[73]
According to Taras Kuzio, during the Viktor Yushchenko presidency (2005–2010), HP Pavilion dv6-3049tx CPU Fan
Russia's relations with Ukraine deteriorated, prompting the Russian security service (FSB) and Russian military intelligence (GRU) to expand their covert support for pro-Russian forces in Southern Ukraine and Russian separatists in Crimea.[74]Following the Orange Revolution and the 2008 Russo-Georgian War, American diplomatic cables leaked to the public noted that Russian military action against Ukraine was "no longer unthinkable." HP G42-380LA CPU Fan
At the end of 2013, Euromaidan protests (around 400,000 – 800,000 people in Kiev, and hundreds of thousands in other Ukrainian cities and abroad)[76] began after President Viktor Yanukovych postponed the signing of Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement under severe economic pressure from Russia, Toshiba Qosmio G30-167 CPU Fan
even though previously he had considered this agreement one of his key objectives and stated it on multiple occasions.[77][78] Instead, Yanukovych struck a deal with Putin which meant, among other things, that Russia would buy $15 billion in Ukrainian bonds, and discount gas prices to Ukraine by one-third.[79] HP Pavilion dv7-1157cl CPU Fan
Opposition leaders were suspicious of the true cost to Ukraine for Russian support.[80][81] The majority of protesters held liberal pro-European values (Batkivshchyna, Ukrainian Democratic Alliance for Reform, and other forces). Much less popular, but still influential nationalist parties and movements were also represented and, to a certain extent, supported the idea of European integration, too. Compaq Presario CQ40-408AX CPU Fan
After the violent dispersal of protesters on November 30 and the adoption of Anti-protest laws, the protests took an anti-government and anti-corruption turn, escalated in early 2014 and eventually led to deaths of both protesters and police on January 22[82] and between February 18 and 20. 103 people were killed and 1419 injured.[83] HP Mini 110-1110ET CPU Fan
According to most reports in Ukraine, violence was used mostly by the police.[84] Numerous snipers killed dozens of protesters. The snipers' identities are still disputed. According to the official investigation, the pro-European opposition and the majority of Ukrainian and Western media, they were hired by Yanukovych and his circle and/or the Russian secret services,[88] HP Pavilion dv7-1157cl CPU Fan
which had also planned a large military operation to 'cleanse' protesters.[89][90][91] On February 20, acting Interior Minister Vitaliy Zakharchenko announced in a video address to the nation that combat weapons had been provided to the police and announced the beginning of an operation to disperse the protesters.[92] HP Pavilion dv6-3163eo CPU Fan
Radio Liberty published video footage of police special forces shooting protesters withKalashnikov and sniper rifles.[93] Several pro-Yanukovych politicians openly called for 'cleansing' protesters.[94] Despite these facts, Yanukovych denied his regime's involvement in the massacre.[95] Some allegations that the snipers were hired by the revolutionaries appeared.[96] HP Pavilion dv9740us CPU Fan
On February 21, President Yanukovych and the opposition leaders signed a compromise deal that was brokered by the foreign ministers of France, Poland and Germany,[97][98] but it soon became redundant as Yanukovych left the capital, the Verkhovna Rada voted to withdraw the police and the military from Kiev,[99] and the protesters took control of the city without resistance.[100] HP COMPAQ NX9420 CPU Fan
According to the deal, the Verkhovna Rada was obliged to adopt a bill about the constitutional reform and Yanukovych was obliged to sign it within 48 hours.[98] The bill was adopted, but Yanukovych didn't sign it.[101]
On February 22, Yanukovych fled Kiev.[102] Evidence shows that Yanukovych had started to prepare his leave on February 19, removing goods and valuables. HP Pavilion dv7-4150ec CPU Fan
The guards of Yanukovych's residence opened it to the protesters, who found vast evidence of Yanukovych's unprecedented corruption.[103][104] The Rada impeached Yanukovych,[105]but not according to the constitutional procedure. The action did not follow the impeachment process as specified by the Constitution of Ukraine HP Pavilion dv5-1102tu CPU Fan
(which would have involved formally charging the president with a crime, a review of the charge by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, and a three-fourths majority vote – i.e. at least 338 votes in favor – by the Rada); instead, the Verkhovna Rada declared that Yanukovych "withdrew from his duties in an unconstitutional manner" and cited "circumstances of extreme urgency" as the reason for early elections.[ SONY VGN-SZ220 CPU Fan
The vote was supported by all present[107] in the Ukrainian parliament, 328:0 (of the 447 deputies). The Rada set May 25 for a new presidential election.[108][109] According to the opposition leaders, they had no other choice, because, as they see it, Yanukovych was involved in mass murder and large-scale corruption,[91] had usurped power, HP Pavilion dv7-6011tx CPU Fan
including the judicial system, and disregarded and violated the Constitution and other laws many times.[110] Members of the opposition appointed Oleksandr Turchinov as the new speaker of the Verkhovna Rada and also as the interim President. A new Council of Ministers, known as the Yatsenyuk Government, was elected by the Verkhovna Rada on February 27.[111HP Pavilion dv5-1040eb CPU Fan
] Russia refused to recognize the new authorities in Kiev, saying that they had come to power through armed insurrection by extreme-right political forces and unconstitutional methods. The United States and European Unionimmediately[when?] recognized the government in Kiev.
Some residents of the Eastern and Southern parts of the country, ASUS F3Jv CPU Fan
which are primarily Russian-speaking and previously constituted President Yanukovych's support base, felt disenfranchised by these developments and protested against the government in Kiev.[115] The Parliament of Crimea called for an extraordinary session on February 21. The leader of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov stated that he suspected that the session might ask for Russian military intervention.[116] IBM ThinkPad R50p 2887 CPU Fan
On February 21, the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) issued a statement which promised that "it will use severe measures to prevent any action taken against diminishing the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine."[g] The same day the pro-Russian Party of Regions who held 80 of the 100 seats in the Crimean Parliament,[118] SONY VGN-CS36GJ/R CPU Fan
did not discuss issues relating to the separation of Crimea from Ukraine and appeared to support the deal struck between President Yanukovich and the opposition to end the crises signed the same day.[119]
On February 23, 2014, the second day after the flight of Viktor Yanukovich, Toshiba Satellite A215-S4807 CPU Fan
while in session of the Ukrainian parliament a deputy from "Batkivshchina" party,Vyacheslav Kyrylenko moved to include in the agenda a draft that would repeal the 2012 Law "On the principles of the state language policy". The motion was carried with 232 deputies voting in favor, Toshiba Satellite Pro M10-SP405 CPU Fan
the draft was included into the agenda, immediately put to a vote with no debate and approved with the same 232 voting in favor, making Ukrainian the sole state language at all levels.[120][121] Repeal of the 2012 Law "On the principles of the state language policy" was met with great disdain in Crimea, populated by a Russian-speaking majority[122HP Pavilion dv4-1120us CPU Fan
] and Southern and Eastern Ukraine provoking waves of anti-government protests, ultimately culminating with the Crimean crisis. The Christian Science Monitor reported: "The only served to infuriate Russian-speaking regions, saw the move as more evidence that the antigovernment protests in Kiev that toppled Yanukovich's government were intent on pressing for a nationalistic agenda."Compaq Presario C550EM CPU Fan
A few days later, on March 1, 2014, the acting President of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, vetoed the bill effectively stopping its enactment.[125] The veto did little to address the unfolding crisis, perhaps because it came too late. Toshiba Qosmio E15-AV101 CPU Fan
The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group and the Ukrainian Helsinki Human Rights Union have both denied any human rights violations against Russian speakers in Ukraine that would justify Russia's actions.
The Russian-Ukrainian Partition Treaty on the Status and Conditions of the Black Sea Fleet[h] signed in 1997 and prolonged in 2010, Toshiba Satellite L645D-S4056 CPU Fan
determined the status of the military bases and vessels in Crimea prior to the current crisis. Russia was allowed to maintain up to 25,000 troops, 24 artillery systems (with a caliber smaller than 100 mm), 132 armored vehicles, and 22 military planes, on the Crimean Peninsula and Sevastopol. The Russian Black Sea fleet had basing rights in Crimea until 2042. Toshiba Satellite A305-S6837 CPU Fan
However it is controversial if the recent troop movements were covered by the treaty.[129]
Both Russia and Ukraine are signatories to the Charter of the United Nations. The ratification of said charter has several ramifications in terms of international law, particularly those that cover the subjects of declarations of independence, sovereignty, HP Pavilion dv7-4087cl CPU Fan
self-determination, acts of aggression, and humanitarian emergencies.Vladimir Putin has claimed that Russian troops in the Crimean peninsula were aimed "to ensure proper conditions for the people of Crimea to be able to freely express their will",[130] whilst Ukraine and other nations argue that such intervention is a violation of Ukraine's sovereignty.[13HP Pavilion dv5-1118es CPU Fan
1] The Russian President also noted that the United Nations International Court of Justice handed down an advisory opinion in 2010 saying unambiguously that the unilateral declaration of independence in Kosovo (for which there was no referendum nor agreement from Belgrade) was in accordance with international law.[132] Toshiba Satellite A665-S6050 CPU Fan
On the other hand, United States and Ukraine point out that by annexing Crimea Russia violated terms of the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances, by which Russia, the United States and the United Kingdom reaffirmed their obligation to refrain from the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine. HP Pavilion G72-259WM CPU Fan
February 23 in Sevastopol, tens of thousands protested against the new authorities and voted to establish a parallel administration and civil defense squads created with the support of Russian Night Wolves bikers. Same were created on February 22 in Simferopol, where about 5,000 had joined such squads. HP Pavilion dv6-3109ca CPU Fan
Protesters waved Russian flags and chanted "Putin is our president" and claimed they would refuse to pay further taxes to the state.[134]
February 26, pro-Russian forces gradually took control of the Crimean peninsula. Russia claimed that the uniformed men were local self-defense forces, but they are generally reported in non-Russian media to be Russian military personnel without insignia.[ HP Pavilion dv6782eg CPU Fan
February 27, unidentified forces seized the Building of the Supreme Council of Crimea (the regional parliament) and the building of the Council of Ministers inSimferopol.[135] Berkut units, local militiamen and self-defence troops seized checkpoints on the Isthmus of Perekop and Chonhar peninsula. Since then they control all traffic by land between Crimea and continental Ukraine.[ SONY UDQF2PH52CF0 CPU Fan
February 28: While gunmen occupied the building, the Supreme Council held an emergency session.[25][26] It voted to terminate the Crimean government, and replace Prime Minister Anatolii Mohyliov with Sergey Aksyonov.[21][139] Aksyonov belonged to the Russian Unity party, which received 4% of the vote in the last election.[26] Toshiba UDQFRPH33CCM CPU Fan
It also voted to hold a referendum on greater autonomy on 25 May. The gunmen had cut all of the building's communications and took MPs' phones as they entered.[25][26] No independent journalists were allowed inside the building while the votes were taking place.[26] Some MPs claimed they were being threatened and that votes were cast for them and other MPs, even though they were not in the chamber.[26] Toshiba Satellite A505-S6980 CPU Fan
March 11, the Supreme Council and the City Council of Sevastopol jointly expressed their intention to unilaterally declare Crimea's independence from Ukraine as a single united nation with the possibility of joining the Russian Federation as a federal subject. The question of independence was put to a referendum. HP Pavilion dv7-2025es CPU Fan
March 16. Official returns indicated nearly 96% in favor,[140] with a turnout of over 83%,[141] despite a boycott by Tatars and other opponents of the referendum.The Ukrainian parliament declared the referendum unconstitutional.The United States and the European Union condemned the vote as illegal, and later imposed sanctions against persons deemed to have violated Ukraine's sovereignty. TOSHIBA Satellite L300 CPU Fan
Ukrainian officials, as well as Mustafa Dzhemilev, Refat Chubarov and the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People claimed that the voter turnout in the referendum among Crimeans could only be a maximum of 30–40 percent and that the referendum was undemocratic, hastily prepared, falsified and didn't reflect the real will of the Crimeans.[148] HP G62-a10EJ CPU Fan
Mustafa Dzhemilev called the referendum "cynical" and "absurd", claiming that the right to self-determination only belongs to the indigenous people - the Crimean Tatar population.[149] Pro-Ukrainian activists were reported to have been persecuted and kidnapped, with 9 still reported missing[ and pro-Russian billboards were seen in the streets before the referendum.[152] Dell MF60100V1-Q000-G99 CPU Fan
March 17, the Crimean parliament declared independence from Ukraine and asked to join the Russian Federation.[153] President Putin claimed Crimea as a part of Russia on moral and material grounds, citing the principle of self determination and Crimea's strategic importance for Russia.[154] DELL R859C CPU Fan
On March 24, the Ukraine Ministry of Defense announces that approximately 50% of Ukrainian soldiers in Crimea have defected to the Russian military.[155][156]
On March 25th, Russia awarded a medal to individuals who assisted in the annexation of Crimea. Toshiba Satellite A105-S2101 CPU Fan
It was pointed out that the reverse of the medallion, dates "the return of Crimea" to February 20 — March 18. This implies that Russia was awarding those involved with the February 20 killing of Maidan protesters and before the Crimean crisis actually began.[157]
March 27, the U.N. General Assembly passed a non-binding resolution declaring Crimea's Moscow-backed referendum invalid. SONY Vaio VGN-FW140E CPU Fan
The resolution passed with 100 votes in favor, 11 against and 58 abstentions in the 193-nation assembly. On April 15, 2014, Ukrainian parliament passed a bill declaring the southern Crimea peninsula as territory temporarily occupied by the Russian Federation and imposed travel restrictions on Ukrainians visiting Crimea.[36] ACER Aspire 5730Z CPU Fan
On April 17, during the 12th 'Direct Line with Vladimir Putin' the use of Russian armed forces along with Crimean self-defence troops was avowed by the Russian president.[163]
On May 5th, the Russian President's Human Rights Council "posted a blog that was quickly taken down as if it were toxic radioactive waste" estimating that a "vast majority of the citizens of Sevastopol voted in favor of unification with Russia in the referendum (50-80%);SONY Vaio VPC-EB4S1E/WI CPU Fan
in Crimea, various data show that 50-60% voted for unification with Russia, with a turnout of 30-50%," suggesting that only 15-30% of Crimeans actually voted for annexation.[164] The document is still on the website.
On March 2, 2014, Pavel Chernev, former member of the nationalist Attack party and current political secretary of "Orthodox Dawn" HP Pavilion dv9580ed CPU Fan
(Bulgarian: Православна Зора,Pravoslavna Zora) who is known for his pro-Putin views, revealed that the Bulgarian branch of the organization will be sending a group of Bulgarian volunteers to "protect ethnic Russians and ethnic Bulgarians from forceful Ukrainization". Toshiba Satellite L305D-S5934 CPU Fan
Chernev also claimed that they had already sponsored "tens of Orthodox fighters" (non-Bulgarian) to fly to Moscow and Crimea.[167][168] Simeon Kostadinov, another former Attack member, currently representing the Nationalist Party in Bulgaria, and Chernev clarified that their mission has peaceful intentions, but will be prepared to give a good account of themselves in the unfortunate event of an escalation. SONY Vaio VGN-CR31S/P CPU Fan
Their contention is that the old regime was preferable from the standpoint of the Bulgarian minority in Ukraine and the new authorities lack legitimacy. Another small "international group based on the Pyrenean Peninsula" which includes some Bulgarians and is supported by a Russian paramilitary organization was reported to have left for Ukraine on March 3. HP Pavilion dv5-1210et CPU Fan
"Orthodox Dawn" have displayed an interest in securing the backing of international actors for the 2014 referendum in Crimea and will try to recruit foreign election observers.[169] According to Bulgarian sources, drawing on reports made by Al Jazeera, 20 Bulgarian nationals are presently inCrimea. SONY Vaio VGN-FW465J/B CPU Fan
They are part of the paramilitary formation Dobrovolets/Доброволец, which is under the control of Russian troops. Dobrovolets' area of operations also intends to include Odessa and Donetsk. Chernev stated that he will be visiting Crimea on March 15 and guarantees that all the participants in the mission have undergone thorough screening to ensure that people with criminal convictions are weeded out.[170] HP Envy 15 CPU Fan
Anton Kisse, the only deputy in the Verkhovna Rada with Bulgarian roots has spoken out against any foreign interventions stating that "even the friendliest foreign state has no right to impose its vision of what constitutes proper order on Ukraine" and that "people will turn to Bulgaria if the need arises".[171] HP Pavilion dv7-1190er CPU Fan
Chernev was one of the election observers for the 2014 referendum in Crimea,[172]on the invitation of Sergey Aksyonov.[173]
A very small group of Chetniks, a Serbian nationalist paramilitary force, have travelled to Crimea to support Russia. Serbian and Russian nationalists share Slavic and Orthodox culture and anti-Western sentiment, Toshiba Satellite A105-S4074 CPU Fan
and Chetniks claim to be in Russia's favour for support during the Yugoslav Wars.[174] The Chetniks are based in an Orthodox monastery. Their commanders Bratislav Jivković and Milutin Malisić have participated in previous armed conflicts – Jivković in the Bosnian IBM MCF-208AM05-1 CPU Fan
War as part of the Serb Volunteer Guard while Malisić has been involved in the protection of the Serbian minority in Kosovo in the aftermath of the Kosovo War. Malisić has reiterated that his paramilitary formation is committed to peace and does not want to shed the blood of fellow Slavs, viewing Ukrainians and Russians as brotherly ethnicities. IBM MCF-217PAM05 CPU Fan
As a result of the crisis, the two leading indexes of the Moscow Exchange fell in trading on March 3: the MICEX 10 declined 10.79 percent, equating to a loss inmarket capitalization of nearly $60 billion, and the RTS Index declined 12.01 percent to its lowest level since September 2009.[175] HP GB0507PGV1-A CPU Fan
The next day, though, the MICEX rose 5.25%, recovering part of the losses. In response to this and the decline of the ruble, the Central Bank of Russia raised its interest rate from 5.5 to 7.0% and spent up to US$12 billion in reserves to bolster the currency.[176] The possibility for international sanctions against Russia has also been raised.[177] IBM MCF-217PAM05 CPU Fan
There were worries that Russian gas exports into Europe and Ukraine may become disrupted by the conflict. Thirty percent of Europe's gas is imported from Russia, half of which flows through Ukrainian pipelines. On March 1, Russian Energy Ministry decided to halt the subsidies of Russian gas for Ukraine.[178] HP Pavilion dv6-3385la CPU Fan
The crisis could also affect worldwide grain supplies. Prices will likely rise because Ukraine is one of the world's largest exporters of corn.[177] The crisis resulted into the exit of several multinational companies from Crimea due to suspension of necessary financial and banking services. HP Pavilion tx2510us CPU Fan
Over the course of the Crimean crisis, a Ukrainian soldier and a Crimean defense member have been killed, another two Ukrainians have sustained serious bullet injuries and two other Russian militiamen have been wounded. During a controversial incident in Simferopol on March 18, some Ukrainian sources said that armed gunmen that have been reported to be Russian special forces allegedly stormed the base. HP G62-b55EV CPU Fan
This was contested by Russian authorities, who subsequently arrested an alleged Ukrainian sniper in connection with the killings.[180][181]
At this stage, none of the accounts of this event could be verified independently.[182] The Ukrainian and the Crimean authorities provided conflicting reports of the event.[183] HP Pavilion dv6-2145sf CPU Fan
Furthermore, witnesses of the event said that there was no immediate evidence that any Russian soldiers were involved in the incident.[184]
The two casulties had a joint funeral attended by both the Crimean and Ukrainian authorities, and both soldiers were mourned together.[185] The incident is now under investigation by both the Crimean authorities and the Ukrainian military. HP Pavilion dv7-1120ew CPU Fan
Three ex‐presidents of Ukraine accused Russia of interfering in Crimean affairs.[188] Interim president Oleksandr Turchynov at the start of the protests warned that there is a "serious risk" of separatism in parts of the country. On February 27, 2014, the Central Election Commission of Ukraine claimed that regional referendum is impossible due to lack of necessary legislative basis for such.[191] HP 538340-001 CPU Fan
On February 27, 2014, the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Turchynov was instructed to develop a new law "about language".[192] On February 28, a freelance journalist wrote on Twitter that President Yanukovych said that any military actions are unacceptable and he will not ask Russia for it.[193] HP 535766-001 CPU Fan
According to President Yanukovych he believed that Crimea must remain part of Ukraine.[194][195]
The new Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk stated in his maiden speech on February 27 that "Ukraine will use all legal constitutional methods to preserve the territorial integrity of the state. Crimea was, is and will be a part of Ukraine!".[196] HP 535442-001 CPU Fan
On February 28, the Verkhovna Rada adopted a resolution on events in Crimea:[197] "Verkhovna Rada demands from the Russian Federation to stop steps that have signs of encroachment on state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine, including to refuse supporting separatism in Ukraine in any form".[197][198] HP 535441-001 CPU Fan
The Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada Oleksandr Turchynov dismissed Yuriy Ilyin as the Chief of the General Staff. During the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution Ilyin was reportedly preparing a military operation against the protest movement in Kiev. Ilyin reportedly had a heart attack after meeting with the newly appointed mayor of Sevastopol.[199] HP 535439-001 CPU Fan
Due to the events in Crimea, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine initiated bilateral consultations with Russia and indicated its readiness to initiate consultations within the Budapest Memorandum on Security Assurances framework if it receives no response.[200] HP 535438-001 CPU Fan
On March 1, the acting president of Ukraine signed an edict in which he pointed out that appointment of Sergey Aksyonov as the Chairman of the Councils of Ministers of Crimea was in violation of the Constitution of Ukraine and the Autonomous Republic of Crimea.[201] The incumbent and two former presidents of Ukraine – Leonid Kravchuk, HP 533736-001 CPU Fan
Leonid Kuchma and Viktor Yushchenko—called on Ukraine to renounce the Kharkiv Agreements.[202] Leonid Kuchma's press-center later denounced such a statement on behalf of Leonid Kuchma.[203] The acting President of Ukraine purportedly ordered the Armed Forces of Ukraine to full combat readiness.[204] IBM 13R2760 CPU Fan
On March 4, the district administration court of Kiev cancelled the decision of the council concerning a no confidence vote to the Council of Ministers of Crimea and the appointment of Aksyonov as a chairman of the Council of Ministers of Crimea as well as declared illegal organization and conduct of a local referendum on improving the status and powers of autonomy.[205] ACER LU.S040A.067 CPU Fan
On March 17, Ukraine recalled its ambassador Volodymyr Yelchenko from the Russian Federation officially to discuss the situation about Crimea.[206][207]
On March 19, Ukraine drew up plans to withdraw all their soldiers and their families to mainland Ukraine from Crimea "Quickly and Efficiently".[208] ACER LU.S050B.078 CPU Fan
On March 25, Ukrainian defense minister, Ihor Tenyukh, resigned due to the public criticism of being indecisive and slow to give orders to Ukrainian military units in Crimea. His resignation was approved only after a repeated vote in the Ukrainian parliament.[209] He resigned and was replaced by Colonel General Mykhaylo Koval, DELL Studio 1535 CPU Fan
who had served with the border guards in Crimea and was briefly kidnapped there in March. Ukrainian Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council Andriy Parubiy stated in an interview that "Mistakes have been and will be made, but the new government is not afraid to fix them."[210] HP Pavilion dv6736nr CPU Fan
The Ukrainian National Council for TV and Radio Broadcasting instructed all cable operators on March 11 to stop transmitting a number of Russian channels, including the international versions of the main state-controlled stations Rossiya 1, Channel One and NTV, as well as news channel Rossiya 24.[211] HP Envy 15-1050ca CPU Fan
The Kiev government has barred Russian men aged 16–60 and women aged 20–35 from entering the Ukraine.Former President Viktor Yuschenko believes that the formerly imprisoned ex-Prime Minister and fierce political rival Yulia Tymoshenko "cut a deal" with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which saw Ukraine give Crimea to Russia in exchange for Russia securing Tymoshenko's early release from prison.[213] HP Pavilion dv7-6100et CPU Fan
Yushchenko said it is "quite strange" that Ukraine's Tymoshenko-dominated government has done nothing to secure the Crimean electricity and water infrastructure on the mainland, in addition to failing to stop "Russian agitators" from going to Donetsk and Kharkov.[213] Tymoshenko dismissed the charges as "anti-Ukrainian propaganda." APPLE 661-4951 CPU Fan
Late at night on February 27, the ex-President of Ukraine, Viktor Yanukovych, who is wanted along with Zakharchenko under suspicion of mass killing of people,[214]arrived in Rostov-on-Don escorted by jet fighters.[215] On February 28, he conducted a press-conference.[215] In this press conference Yanukovych stated "Crimea must remain part of the Ukrainian state retaining broad autonomy rights".[216] IBM 42W2403 CPU Fan
According to him the unrest in Crimea was "an absolutely natural reaction to the bandit coup that has occurred in Kiev"; and he stated he was confident that the people of Crimea "do not want to obey and will not obey nationalists and bandits".[216] He insisted that military action was "unacceptable" and that he would not request Russian military intervention.[217][2ACER Aspire 9304WSMi CPU Fan
18] Still on March 4, 2014, Russia's Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Vitaly Churkin showed a photocopy of the letter allegedly signed by Victor Yanukovich on March 1, 2014 where he demanded Russian military intervention in Ukraine.[219]
On March 11, Yanukovych vowed to return to Ukraine, calling upon the Ukrainian Armed Forces to not follow the "criminal orders" of the acting government in Kiev.[22HP 610773-001 CPU Fan
0] Yanukovych attacked the acting government in Ukraine as being a "band of ultranationalists and neo-fascists" that have replaced his government, and criticized their supposed Western backers.
Operations of the Kerch Strait ferry were suspended on February 27, 2014.[221] IBM ThinkPad R50p 1830 CPU Fan
The Ukrainians in Crimea called on Ukrainian officials to secure peace and security for Crimeans and for European officials to influence the Russian position in regards to separatist attitudes.[222] The new chairman of the Council of Ministers hopes to receive financial help from the Russian Federation with support from Viktor Yanukovych.[22IBM ThinkPad T61 8898 CPU Fan
3] In the telephone conversation Volodymyr Konstantinov explained toNestor Shufrych (MP) that Crimea does not want a secession, but only to expand its right.[224] The former chief of the general staff Yuriy Ilyin was reported to be hospitalized with a heart attack in the Ukrainian Navy hospital in Sevastopol.[225] IBM ThinkPad R50p 2889 CPU Fan
Members of the Crimean government have declared their acceptance of Yanukovych as the legitimate President of Ukraine, deputy chairman of the Crimean parliament Konstantin Bakharev has said: "Today, Yanukovych is the legitimate president," though he also addressed issues concerning him saying, IBM ThinkPad R50p 1830 CPU Fan
"But we have questions for him, questions as the leader of the government about his moral responsibility before the society, before the party he once led, and before Crimeans."[226]
About one thousand residents of Crimea, mainly Crimean Tatars, have left Crimea for Ukraine. IBM ThinkPad R50 1829 CPU Fan
arty of Regions MP Yuriy Miroshnychenko urged the Crimean government to stop the referendum.[230] Another Party of Regions MP, Hanna Herman, commented the same day about Yanukovych's press conference, "He needs to ... prevent the illegal referendum."
The State Duma Committee on Commonwealth of Independent States Affairs, headed by Leonid Slutsky, IBM ThinkPad R50P CPU Fan
visited Simferopol on February 25, 2014 and said: "If the parliament of the Crimean autonomy or its residents express the wish to join the Russian Federation, Russia will be prepared to consider this sort of application. We will be examining the situation and doing so fast."[232] IBM Thinkpad W500 CPU Fan
They also stated that in the event of a referendum for Crimea region joining Russian Federation they would consider its results "very fast".Later Slutsky announced that he was misunderstood by Crimean press and no decision regarding simplifying the process of acquiring Russian citizenship for people in Crimea has been made yet.[235] Compaq Presario CQ41-206TU CPU Fan
And added that if "fellow Russian citizens are in jeopardy you understand that we do not stay away".[236] On February 25, in a meeting with Crimean politicians he stated that Viktor Yanukovich was still the legitimate president of Ukraine.[237] That same day in the Russian Duma, they announced they were determining measures so that Russians in Ukraine who "did not want to break from the Russian World" could acquire Russian citizenship. SONY Vaio VPC-EB4X1E/BQ CPU Fan
On February 26, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the Russian Armed Forces to be "put on alert in the Western Military District as well as units stationed with the 2nd Army Central Military District Command involved in aerospace defense, airborne troops and long-range military transport." HP G62-374CA CPU Fan
Despite media speculation it was for in reaction to the events in Ukraine RussianDefense Minister Sergei Shoigu said it was in separate consideration from the unrest in Ukraine.[239] On February 27, 2014, the Russian government dismissed accusations about violation by the Russian side of the basic agreements in regards of the Black Sea Fleet: HP Pavilion dv5-1203eg CPU Fan
"All movements of armored vehicles are undertaken in full compliance with the basic agreements and did not require any approvals".On February 27, the Russian governing agencies presented the new law project on granting citizenship.The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the West and particularly NATO to "abandon the provocative statements and respect the neutral status of Ukraine".[244HP Pavilion dv7-3131ez CPU Fan
] In its statement the ministry claims that agreement on settlement of the crisis which was signed on February 21 and was witnessed by foreign ministries from Germany, Poland and France has to this date, not been implemented[244] (Vladimir Lukin from Russia had not signed it[245]). Dell Vostro 3450 CPU Fan
According to ITAR-TASS on February 28 the Russian Ministry of Transport discontinued its further talks with Ukraine in regards to the Kerch Strait Bridgeproject.[246] However, on March 3 Dmitry Medvedev, the Prime Minister of Russia, signed a decree creating a subsidiary of Russian Highways (Avtodor) to build a bridge at an unspecified location along the Kerch strait.[247][248] SONY Vaio VGN-CR23/N CPU Fan
On Russian social networks there is a movement to gather volunteers who served in the Russian army to go to Ukraine.[249]
On February 28 President Putin stated it was of "extreme importance of not allowing a further escalation of violence and the necessity of a rapid normalisation of the situation in Ukraine" in telephone calls with key EU leaders.[217] HP Pavilion dv6-3043tx CPU Fan
Already on February 19 the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs referred to the Euromaidan revolution as the "Brown revolution".[250][251]
The Federation Council approved that Russia may introduce a limited contingent of Russian troops in Crimeafor the security of the Black Sea Fleet and the Russians.[252] HP Pavilion dv6-3163eo CPU Fan
In Moscow, on March 2, an estimated 27,000 rallied in support of the Russian government's decision to intervene in Ukraine.[253] The rallies received considerable attention on Russian state TV and were officially sanctioned by the government.
Meanwhile, on March 1, five people who were picketing next to the Federation Council building against the invasion of Ukraine were arrested.[255] HP Pavilion dv7-1003eo CPU Fan
The next day about 200 people protested at the building of the Russian Ministry of Defense in Moscow against Russian military involvement.[256] About 500 people also gathered to protest on the Manezhnaya Square in Moscow and the same number of people on the Saint Isaac's Square in Saint Petersburg.[257] Dell Vostro 3450 CPU Fan
On March 2, about eleven protesters demonstrated in Yekaterinburg against Russian involvement, with some wrapped in the Ukrainian flag.[258]Protests were also held in Chelyabinsk on the same day.[259] The opposition to the military intervention was also expressed by rock musician Andrey Makarevich, who wrote in particular: HP Pavilion dv7-3067nr CPU Fan
"You want war with Ukraine? It will not be the way it was with Abkhazia: the folks on the Maidan have been hardened and know what they are fighting for – for their country, their independence. [...] We have to live with them. Still neighborly. And preferably in friendship. But it's up to them how they want to live".[260] SONY Vaio VGN-CR23/N CPU Fan
The Professor of the Department of Philosophy at the Moscow State Institute of International Relations Andrey Zubov was fired for his article in Vedomosti, criticizing Russian military intervention.President Putin's approval rating among the Russian public has increased by nearly 10% since the crisis began, up to 71.6%, the highest in three years, according to a poll conducted by the All-Russian Center for Public Opinion Research, released on March 19.[262] HP Pavilion dv7-1129wm CPU Fan
Additionally, the same poll showed that more than 90% of Russians supported unification with the Crimean Republic.[262]
On March 4, at press conference in Novo-Ogaryovo President Putin expressed his view on the situation that if a revolution took place in Ukraine, it is a new country with which Russia did not conclude any treaties.[263HP Pavilion G72-b15EV CPU Fan
] He brought up an analogy with events of 1917 in Russia, when as a result of the revolution the Russian Empirefell apart and a new state was created.[263] However, he stated Ukraine would still have to honor its debts.
Russian politicians have speculated that there are already 143,000 Ukrainian refugees in Russia.[264] Compaq Presario CQ60-417DX CPU Fan
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs refuted those claims of refugees increase in Russia.[265] At a briefing on March 4, 2014, the director of department of information policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of UkraineYevhen Perebiynis claimed that Russia was misinforming its own citizens as well as the entire international community to justify its own actions in the Crimea.[266] HP Pavilion dv7-3080eg CPU Fan
On March 5, an anchor of the Russian-owned international news channel RT America, Abby Martin, in an interview with Piers Morgan, said she "did not agree" with how her employer RT was covering the Ukrainian crisis, but claims RT still supports her despite her differences of opinion.[267] HP Pavilion dv9233ca CPU Fan
Also on March 5, 2014, another RT America anchor, Liz Wahl, of the network's Washington, DC bureau, resigned on air, explaining that she could not be "part of a network that whitewashes the actions of Putin" and citing her Hungarian ancestry and the memory of the Soviet repression of the Hungarian Uprising as a factor in her decision.[268] HP Envy 14-1195la CPU Fan
Prominent dissident Mikhail Khodorkovsky said that Crimea should stay within Ukraine with broader autonomy.[269]
Tatarstan, a republic within Russia populated by Volga Tatars, has sought to alleviate concerns about treatment of Tatars by Russia, as Tatarstan is a gas-rich and economically successful republic in Russia.[27HP Pavilion dv6-2115sf CPU Fan
0] On March 5, President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov signed an agreement on cooperation between Tatarstan and the Aksyonov government in Crimea that implied collaboration between ten government institutions as well as significant financial aid to Crimea from Tatarstan businesses.[270] HP Pavilion dv7-3067nr CPU Fan
On March 11, Minnikhanov was in Crimea on his second visit and attended as a guest present in the Crimean parliament chamber during the vote on the declaration of sovereignty pending the March 16 referendum.[270] The Tatarstan's Mufti Kamil Samigullin invited Crimean Tatars to study in madrasas in Kazan and declared support for their "brothers in faith and blood".[HP Pavilion dv7-1129wm CPU Fan
270] Mustafa Dzhemilev, a former leader of the Crimean Tatar Majlis believes that forces that are suspected to be Russian forces should leave the Crimean peninsula,[270] and has asked the UN Security Council to send peacekeepers into the region.[271]
On March 15, thousands of protesters (estimates varying from 3,000 by official sources up to 50,000 claimed by opposition) HP Pavilion G72-b15EV CPU Fan
in Moscow marched against Russian involvement in Ukraine, many waving Ukrainian flags.[272] At the same time a pro government (and pro-referendum) rally, occurred across the street, counted thousands as well (officials claiming 27,000 with opposition claiming about 10,000). HP Pavilion dv6-2140se CPU Fan
There has been a range of international reactions to the crisis. A U.N. General Assembly passed a non-binding resolution 100 in favor, 11 against and 58 abstentions in the 193-nation assembly that declared invalid Crimea's Moscow-backed referendum. In a move supported by the Lithuanian President,[273] SONY Vaio VGN-SZ6RXN/C CPU Fan
the United States government imposed sanctions against persons they deem to have violated or assisted in the violation of Ukraine's sovereignty.[145]The European Union suspended talks with Russia on economic and visa related matters; and is considering more stringent sanctions against Russia in the near future, including asset freezes.[146][147HP Pavilion dv7-2130ev CPU Fan
] while Japan announced sanctions which include suspension of talks relating to military, space, investment, and visa requirements.[274] The EU Commission decided on March 11 to enter into a full free-trade agreement with Ukraine this year.[275] On March 12, the European Parliamentrejected the upcoming referendum on independence in Crimea, which they saw as manipulated and contrary to international and Ukrainian law.[27ACER eMachines G520 CPU Fan
6] The G7 bloc of developed nations (the G8 minus Russia) made a joint statement condemning Russia and announced that they will suspend preparations for the upcoming G8 summit in Sochi in June.[277][278] NATO condemned Russia's military escalation in Crimea and stated that it was breach of international law[279] while the Council of Europeexpressed its full support for the territorial integrity and national unity of Ukraine.[280HP Pavilion dv5-2132dx CPU Fan
] The Visegrád Group has issued a joint statement urging Russia to respect Ukraine's territorial integrity and for Ukraine to take into account its minority groups to not further break fragile relations. It has urged for Russia to respect Ukrainian and international law and in line with the provisions of the 1994 Budapest Memorandum.[281] Compaq Presario CQ60-307ea CPU Fan
China said "We respect the independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine". A spokesman restated China's belief of non-interference in the internal affairs of other nations and urged dialogue.[282][283]
National Security Advisor Shivshankar Menon of India stated that Russia has legitimate HP Pavilion dv6-2010sa CPU Fan
interests in Crimea and called for "sustained diplomatic efforts" and "constructive dialogue" to resolve the crisis.[284] However, the National Security Advisor is not a part of the Cabinet of India and, as such, Menon's statement was not an official statement issued by the government of India.[285] Toshiba Satellite A40-702 CPU Fan
However, India subsequently made it clear that it will not support any "unilateral measures" against Russian government. "India has never supported unilateral sanctions against any country. Therefore, we will also not support any unilateral measures by a country or a group of countries against Russia."[286] SONY Vaio VGN-AR21B CPU Fan
Both Syria and Venezuelaopenly support Russian military action. Syrian President Bashar al Assad said that he supports Putin's efforts to "restore security and stability in the friendly country of Ukraine", while Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro condemned Ukraine's "ultra-nationalist" coup.[287][288] SONY Vaio VPC-EB3E1E/PI CPU Fan
Sri Lanka described Yanukovych's removal as unconstitutional and considered Russia's concerns in Crimea as justified.[289]
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk called for change in EU energy policy as Germany's dependence on Russian gas poses risks for Europe.[290] SONY Vaio VPC-EB3E1E/WI CPU Fan
On March 13, German Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Moscow it risks massive damage to Russia, economically and politically, if it refuses to change course on Ukraine,[291] though close economic links between Germany and Russia significantly reduce the scope for Berlin to sanction the Eurasian giant.[292] SONY Vaio VGN-FS660/W CPU Fan
After Russia moved to formally incorporate Crimea, some worried whether it may not do the same in other regions.[293] US deputy national security advisor Tony Blinken said that the Russian troops massed on the eastern Ukrainian border may be preparing to enter the country's eastern regions. HP Pavilion G61-631NR CPU Fan
Russian officials stated that Russian troops would not enter other areas.[293] US Air Force Gen. Philip M. Breedlove, NATO's supreme allied commander in Europe, warned that the same troops were in a position to take over the separatist Russian-speaking Moldovan province of Transnistria.On April 9, PACE deprived Russia of voting rights. HP Pavilion dv6560el CPU Fan
The 2014 Crimean referendum was recognized by only 18 states, 15 of whom were UN members.Five UN members (Afghanistan,Nicaragua,Russia, Syria, Venezuela) have explicitly accepted the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol as federal subjects of Russia:According to Belarus, Crimea is de jure part of Ukraine, but de facto part of Russia. HP Pavilion dv6-2128ca CPU Fan
Its wording thus far has been vague: it includes "Ukraine should remain an integral, indivisible, non-aligned state" and "As for Crimea, I do not like it when the integrity and independence of a country are broken", on the one hand, and "Today Crimea is part of the Russian Federation. HP Pavilion dv7-3004el CPU Fan
No matter whether you recognize it or not, the fact remains." and "Whether Crimea will be recognized as a region of the Russian Federation de-jure does not really matter", on the other hand.
Sanctions were imposed to prevent Russian and Crimean officials and politicians traveling to Canada, the United States, and the European Union. HP Pavilion dv7-4050ev CPU Fan
They were the most wide-ranging used on Russia since the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union.[299]
Japan announced milder sanctions than the US and EU. These include suspension of talks relating to military, space, investment, and visa requirements.[300]
In response to the sanctions introduced by the U.S. and EU, HP G42-367TU CPU Fan
the Russian Duma unanimously passed a resolution asking for all members of the Duma to be included on the sanctions list.[301] Head of the opposition A Just Russia party Sergei Mironov said he was proud of being included on the sanctions list, "It is with pride that I have found myself on the black list, this means they have noticed my stance on Crimea."[301] HP Pavilion dv5-1172el CPU Fan
Russian companies started pulling billions of dollars out of Western banks to avoid any asset freeze.[302]
Three days after the lists were published, the Russian Foreign Ministry published a reciprocal sanctions list of US citizens, which consisted of 10 names, including House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner, Senator John McCain, and two advisers to President Obama. Toshiba Satellite A105-S4084 CPU Fan
The ministry said in the statement, "Treating our country in such way, as Washington could have already ascertained, is inappropriate and counterproductive," and reiterated that sanctions against Russia would have a boomerang effect.[303] Several of those sanctioned responded with pride at their inclusion on the list, including John Boehner,[30HP Pavilion dv4-1038tx CPU Fan
4] John McCain,[304] Bob Menendez,[305] Dan Coats,[304] Mary Landrieu,[306] and Harry Reid.[306]
On March 24, Russia has imposed retaliatory sanctions on 13 Canadian officials including members of the Parliament of Canada,[307] banning them from entering Russia. Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, said the sanctions were "a badge of honour."[ HP Pavilion dv7-3060sb CPU Fan
308] Former Minister of Justice Irwin Cotler also said that he considered the sanctions a badge of honour, not a mark of exclusion.[307]
Expanded Western sanctions in mid-March coursed through financial markets, hitting the business interests of some Russia's richest people.[309] The Americans' centered on the heart of Moscow's leadership,[310HP Pavilion dv7-6055sf CPU Fan
] though the EU's initial list shied from targeting Putin's inner circle.[311] As ratings agencies Fitch andStandard & Poor's downgraded Russia's credit outlook,[312] Russian banks warned of a sanctions-induced recession,[313] the country braced for capital outflows for the first three months of 2014 to reach $70 billion,[314SONY VGN-CS108D CPU Fan
] more than the entirety of outflows for 2013,[315] and Russian government-bond issues plummeted by three-quarters compared with the same period the previous year.[316] Novatek, Russia's second-largest gas producer, saw $2.5bn in market value wiped out when its shares sank by nearly 10%, rendering Putin's close friend Gennady Timchenko, DELL XPS M170 CPU Fan
who has a 23% stake in the company, $575m poorer.[309] "I do hope that there is some serious diplomatic activity going on behind the scenes," said one Russian banker,[317] though others were more sanguine on the question of whether the sanctions would have any enduring effect, and Russians, top and bottom, seemed defiant.[320] HP Pavilion G72-b15SV CPU Fan
The official Russian response was mixed.[321]
As well as differences between the United States and Europe as a whole as to how to respond to the Russian-backed incursion, those same differences have played out among Eastern European countries. HP G62-120ES CPU Fan
Several scholars, including Alexander J. Motyl, Paul A. Goble, Timothy D. Snyder, and Andreas Umland, have discussed the possibility of Russian military intervention in Crimea specifically, due to its unique geopolitical nature and demographics.[324][325] Political scientist Uriel Abulof suggested that instead of rejecting the referendum outright, HP Pavilion dv6-3034ss CPU Fan
the West should have proposed a moratorium on a free plebiscite, arguing that the clash over the principle of self-determination unearthed an emergent "global crisis of legitimacy."[154]
Former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's opinion was that "Earlier Crimea was merged with Ukraine under Soviet laws, to be more exact by the [Communist] party's laws, without asking the people, and now the people have decided to correct that mistake. HP Pavilion dv7-3165ef CPU Fan
This should be welcomed instead of declaring sanctions."[326]
Nina L. Khrushcheva, the great-granddaughter of former Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and a Russian Affairs professor at the The New School, New York City, said that the aim of Crimea was not necessarily independence from Ukraine, but rather continued dependence on Russia. HP X16-1000 Series CPU Fan
However, this has instead led Putin to justify continued backing for Yanukovych as well as his own desires to re-take the peninsula. Nevertheless, she acknowledged that Putin's long term goal may not be annexation of Crimea, since this could cause ethnic Crimean Tatars, who had been forcibly displaced by Stalin to Central Asia, IBM ThinkPad Z61m CPU Fan
to demand a return to Crimea and possibly cause the Islamic insurgency to spread out of the Northern Caucasus. Furthermore, she also states that if Russia sets a precedent of recovering "lost territory", this could inspire countries such as China or Georgia to demand back their own "stolen lands".[327] ACER Aspire One D250 CPU Fan
Volodymyr Panchenko, of the Kiev-based think-tank International Center for Policy Studies, said on February 28 that the aim of Russia is for Crimea to be "more or less controlled by Russian troops," but that if or when a referendum is held "more than 80 percent" of votes would be for independence from Ukraine. ACER Ferrari 4000 CPU Fan
The way events are unfolding in Crimea "is not a good precedent for the other provinces."[328]
Russian opposition leader and chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov, former US National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski, former US secretary of state Hillary Clinton, Ukrainian MP Lesya Orobets (Batkivshchyna), HP G42-367TU CPU Fan
former foreign minister of the Czech Republic, Karel Schwarzenberg, as well as the Foreign Affairs Minister of Canada John Baird all compared Russia's actions to Nazi Germany's policy before the start of World War II, after the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.Former German Chancellor Helmut Schmidt called Russia's actions "perfectly understandable", and considers sanctions being imposed by the US and EU "foolish".[334] Toshiba Satellite L350-146 CPU Fan
Ukraine's Chief Rabbi, Yaakov Bleich, described Putin's accusations of anti-semitism from Ukrainians towards Jews as a pretense for invasion as "what the Nazis did during the time of the Anschluss in Austria."[335]
Commentaries and editorials published by China's state-run Xinhua News Agency[336] and Global Times[337] HP Pavilion dv8335ea CPU Fan
supported Russia's position on the situation, though Chinese president Xi Jinping said China's position was neutral, and noted Crimea's status does not meaningfully affect his country.
The crisis aroused discussion of the concept of "territorial integrity".[339] Dell Vostro 3400 CPU Fan
The phrase was used by many governments and commentators,[339] and according to Erik Voeten, referred to the idea that borders could only be changed by mutual agreement between two countries. Voeten argued that while the principle produces less conflict, "the status quo looks best to states that won the last war," and did not appeal to Russia as much as to Western states.[3APPLE MG62090V1-Q020-S99 CPU Fan
39] Fareed Zakaria stated that the situation in Crimea involved a "global principle: whether national boundaries can be changed by brute force," and questioned what effects it might have on other regions with contested boundaries.[340] Bryan Frederick of the RAND Corporation stated "the widely accepted principle that international borders are not subject to further revision" had been responsible for decreased international conflict in recent decades, APPLE 15" Macbook Pro Unibody CPU Fan
and that Russia's involvement threatened the idea, which had been eroding since the Russo-Georgian War and as a result of the Kosovo independence precedent.[341]
A wider partitioning of Ukraine, while opposed by many commentators[342] and goverments,[343] had a few proponents.[344][345] Gateway 6020GZ CPU Fan
Media were accused of exaggerating the regional differences in Ukraine through misleading maps implying clear linguistic or ethnic boundaries.[342] Russian politician Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed to partition Ukraine on historical grounds. He sent letters to the governments of Poland, Romania,[350] and Hungary;[3Toshiba Satellite Pro M30-891 CPU Fan
51] none took the idea seriously. Zhirinovsky's position conflicted from the Kremlin's,[352] but some considered it a reflection of increasing nationalism in Russia.[346]
Some, such as Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko,[353] also considered Russia's proposal to federalize Ukraine, as a threat to Ukraine's territorial integrity. Toshiba Satellite Pro M30-782 CPU Fan
Mykola Riabchuk argued that the result would be "highly vulnerable to Russian subversion, manipulation and sabotage." HP Pavilion dv5-1050eo CPU Fan,SONY VGN-SZ220 CPU Fan,Dell Studio XPS 1645 CPU Fan
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