...Austin Charron Drawing from over a decade of experience researching Crimean identities, the author highlights key developments and transformations from the past six years of Russian occupation to show how the annexation of Crimea represents not a “reunification,” as the Kremlin claims, but rather...

... culture autocracy democracy communism Crimea Ukraine NATO Boris Yeltsin Boris Nemtsov Dmitry Medvedev 251 Vladimir Putin has ruled Russia for so long that it s hard to imagine Russia without him. He has been Russia s central decision maker as president or prime minister for nearly two...

...Serhiy Kudelia The increasing vibrancy of civil society had become a serious political threat to the authorities. © 2018 Current History. All rights reserved. 2018 The Regents of the University of California Serhiy Kudelia Ukraine Euromaidan Revolution Russia Crimea eastern Ukraine...

.... 2016 The Regents of the University of California Oxana Shevel Ukraine Crimea decommunization laws national identity Soviet Union legacy pro-Russia sentiment eastern Ukraine Donbas Maidan Euromaidan protests Viktor Yanukovych 258 The fundamental dilemma in Ukraine s...

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.... But good intentions were almost immediately thrown off course by a Russian-inspired coup d état in Crimea in March 2014 and the drawn-out war in eastern Ukraine that followed which from Russia s point of view was, of course, in large measure the point. How to balance the priorities of war and reform...

... long been Putin s calling card, its role in his legitimation strategy became more obvious during the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine in 2014 following the revolution in Kiev and the Russian annexation of Crimea. Putin has fused a patriotic nationalism with sexual poli- tics to frame the Ukraine...

... Kaliningrad oblast enclave exclave Crimea Soviet Cold war testing leadership network presence Terras force Wales Article 108 Nearly every senior official in Poland and the Baltic countries expressed great unease. Political leaders and military commanders in the region increasingly warned...

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... peace security stability UN United States US league nations boko haram Syria microconflict postcolonial euro-atlantic crimea Russia state-building 3From Edinburgh to New Delhi and from Barcelona to Beijing, nationalism is once again defying predictions of its decline or demise...

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..., a full-scale uprising prompted President Viktor Yanukovych and his circle to flee the coun- try in February. The third act, after a mere week of euphoria, was Russia s rapid annexation of Crimea in March. The fourth act has been a more prolonged struggle over the Donbas, the industrial heartland...

...Michael A. Reynolds The Ottoman and Russian empires clashed for centuries, but Turkey's recent embrace of its imperial legacy has not emboldened it to challenge Moscow over the annexation of Crimea. © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California...

... always held the advantage of proximity over its fellow mediators, France and the United States. In the new post-Crimea cli- mate, past diplomatic coopera- tion may now be sacrificed. An attempt by Moscow to sideline Paris and Washington in the mediation effort is more than likely, given the Kremlin s new...

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... and Stephen Kotkin . Cambridge University Press , 2014 . © 2014 Current History. All rights reserved. 2014 The Regents of the University of California Vladimir Tismaneanu legacy legacies communist burden Ukraine Russia Putin Vladimir West collapse communism Crimea Donbas Donbass...

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