DOCSLIB.ORG

The Ukrainian Weekly 1994, No.13

Total Page：16

File Type：pdf, Size：1020Kb

Download full-text PDF Read full-text
The Ukrainian Weekly 1994, No.13 www.ukrweekly.com 1NS1DE: 9 The Donbas factor in the elections - page 3. - The Ukrainian diplomatic presence in the U.S. - page 5. ^ Ukrainian "fleet" arrives in New Zealand - page 1 3. THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a fraternal non-profit association vol. LXII No. 13 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27,1994 50 cents ANALYS1S: U.S. defense secretary promotes denuclearization military aid, S250 million of which has Election eve visits Pervomaiske, been extended to date. Half the Si00 million outlay is dedi– in Ukraine pledges new funds cated to the continued de-activization of Ukraine's nuclear warheads and their by Myron Wasylyk by Roman Woronowycz removal to Russia. RFESRL Research Report Kyyiv Press Bureau Of the S440 million in new funds After almost two years of grid- KYYiv - United States Defense granted, S20 million will be used to build lock, Ukrainian politics has been Secretary William Perry in his first visit housing for soldiers and officers who are galvanized by the approach of the here announced on March 23 that the being released as Ukraine reduces its mil– parliamentary elections scheduled U.S. will release to Ukraine S100 million itary forces. The other S20 million will for March 27. With more than for continued denuclearization, military go to conversion of Ukraine's military- 5,800 registered candidates compet– conversion and housing for soldiers. Of industrial complex to the private sector. ing for 450 seats, most election that amount, S40 million are new funds. The last S10 million will help Ukraine contests will probably be decided Mr. Perry also confirmed that to date develop security controls for its nuclear during the April 10 runoffs. 120 SS-10 nuclear warheads had been technologies and products. On February 25 Ukraine's removed from Ukraine in two shipments Secretary visits nuclear weapons site Parliament, the Supreme Council, and that 30 SS-24s had been de-activat– concluded the last plenary session ed. "A second shipment of SS-19s left for On March 22, the defense secretary of its 12th sitting. For all its short- Russia on March 16," said the defense flew to Pervomaiske, where a large por– comings, the outgoing Parliament secretary. tion of Ukraine's nuclear weapons is held will be assigned a special place in He had just finished three days of talks in hardened silos. He was accompanied ! Khristina Lew Ukrainian history. The people's with Ukraine's leaders, including by Defense Minister Radetsky. There the Secretary of Defense William Perry deputies voted into office following President Leonid Kravchuk and Defense entourage viewed the silos and the the March 1990 election, most of Minister vitally Radetsky. nuclear missile command and control to destroy every major city in the U.S." center. them nominees of the Communist The defense secretary said most of the The military leaders also traveled to Party of Ukraine, will be remem– money will come from funds earmarked Commenting on the facility, Secretary Dnipropetrovske to view the Pivdenmash bered primarily for asserting the for Ukraine through the Nunn-Lugar Act. Perry said, "As 1 stood there (watching republic's sovereignty (July 16, A Department of Defense spokesperson the two operators demonstrate pre-launch (Yuzhmash in Russian) missile factory, 1990) and subsequently declaring traveling with Secretary Perry said it inspection procedures), 1 must admit І where the Soviet Union's SS-18 nuclear the country's independence from brings the amount now dedicated to de- was awed. The two operators control 100 missiles were once assembled. Today, Moscow (August 24, 1991). They nuclearization to S185 million. U.S. missiles with almost 800 warheads tar– the mammoth industrial center has been may also be remembered for peace– President Bill Clinton has promised geted at the U.S." He went on, "The two converted to private sector use and pro- fully leaving Ukraine's political Ukraine S700 million for economic and operators have in their hands the ability continued on page 17) scene a year before their terms offi– cially expired, thereby giving voters the opportunity to elect reform- minded deputies committed to Monitors say electoral commission is uncooperative reversing the country's precipitous economic decline. institute (ND1). She said the CEC has requested. He said he expected at least 500 observers arrive resisted the NDl's requests for informa– the ballots before election day. Outgoing Parliament's record tion and clarification of issues at every Mr. De Zayas, who is also a professor The departing deputies will be from 53 countries turn. "They just seem to be above it all," of law at DePaul University in Chicago, she said. said he still believes the government judged on the 364 laws and 1,103 by Roman Woronowycz At a briefing for the foreign press that wants open, fair elections. "They want to resolutions adopted by the Kyyiv Press Bureau Parliament over a period of three has invaded Kyyiv as elections near, the see the elections go off smoothly and and half years. Many of these laws KYYiv - On the eve of the first elec– English-language editor of the Elections democratically." laid the foundations for Ukraine's tions of a Ukrainian Parliament since 94 press center, Roman Zvarych, told the Jack Zetkuiic, deputy director of the independent democratic statehood. independence, many here, including gathered that the center has had no coop– Conference on Security and Cooperation Charting independent Ukraine's international observers, said the Central eration from the CEC. "They have called in Europe and the CSCE observer team new foreign and security policies Electoral Commission (CEC) has been us illegitimate. You understand that this coordinator, said he has had difficulties and keeping the country at peace uncooperative and has withheld informa– makes the press bastards," he said. with the CEC. "We have faced a lot of were two other notable achieve– tion, a situation ripe for vote manipula– Mr. Zvarych also explained that the administrative problems, mainly related ments of the outgoing Parliament. tion and electoral fraud. CEC has maintained practices that border to old habits about sharing information As it helped preserve domestic More than 500 international observers on the illegal. A complete list of all the on the elections. We will only know on tranquility between Ukraine's vari– from 53 countries moved into Ukraine candidates running for election and the Sunday night or Monday morning, after ous ethnic and religious groups, the the week of March 21, preparing to mon– electoral district in which they are run– all the reports are in, whether we were Parliament also managed to steer itor the March 27 elections. ning was to have been released by the allowed to do our work." the country closer to European They will keep an eye on the election CEC five days after registration dead- Essentially the work that the election political, economic and security process as nearly 6,000 candidates vie for lines passed in February, in accordance observers are here to do is to make sure structures. Furthermore, under the 450 Parliament seats in what many here with the Ukrainian electoral law passed every voter has access to polling Parliament's supervision, the coun– believe could become a circus. in November 1993. "To date we have precincts and can freely make his choice The general consensus is that the large received nothing from them, although we as to the candidate he will vote for. This (Continued on page 9) field will not allow enough candidates to are constantly asking for the list," said includes making sure that ballots are win election for the Parliament to be Mr. Zvarych. legal and not tampered with after people The author, an official in the U.S. seated and will force run-offs two weeks The United Nations observer team said have noted, it also entails ensuring that State Department from 1989 to later. it has had "reasonably good cooperation" people are not coerced into a making a 1993, is currently living in Kyyiv, Particularly critical of the CEC, which from the CEC. But Alfred de Zayas, rep– choice not of their own free will. where he is executive director of the has a government mandate to organize and resentative here for U.N. Secretary in addition to the U.N., the CSCE and Council of Advisors to the oversee elections and comes under the General Boutrous Boutros-Ghali, said the ND1, observer teams are present here Ukrainian Parliament. authority of the Cabinet of Ministers, is they also have not received the list of Marta Baziuk of the National Democratic candidates or the sample ballots they (Continued on page 16) 2 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, MARCH 27, 1994 No. 13 ANALYSlS: Presidential elections and continuing tensions in Crimea Miners strike to hit amidst elections plies if the debt settlement timetable is not by Dr. Roman Solchanyk "reunion" did not evoke much consterna– kept. So far, Ukraine has paid Gazprom RFESRL Research institute tion either in the Crimea, Russia or MAKlYivKA, Donetske Oblast - At S59 million of its arrears. On March 10, Ukraine for the simple reason that bor– a meeting held here on March 22, the the two sides agreed that the debtor coun– After an inconclusive first round of ders between the Soviet republics were, council of trade union representatives of try's counterpart, Ukrhazprom, would voting, on January 30 Crimeans returned for all intents and purposes, a fiction. Donbas miners decided to hold their gen– cede a substantial amount of its shares and to the polling stations and chose Yuriy Today, the Crimea is the only large eral strike shortly after the first round of operations and an additional Si00 million Meshkov as their first president.
Load more

Recommended publications
  • Understanding Russia Better Through Her History: Sevastopol, an Enduring Geostrategic Centre of Gravity
    UNDERSTANDING RUSSIA BETTER THROUGH HER HISTORY: SEVASTOPOL, AN ENDURING GEOSTRATEGIC CENTRE OF GRAVITY Recent events in Crimea, Eastern Ukraine and Syria have aerospace industries, made Sevastopol a closed city during brought Russia’s increasingly assertive foreign policy and the Cold War. Thereafter, despite being under Ukrainian burgeoning military power into sharp relief. Such shows of jurisdiction until March 2014, it remained very much a force surprised those in the West who thought that a new, Russian city, in which the Russian national flag always flew pacific and friendly Russia would emerge from the former higher than the Ukrainian. Soviet Union. That has never been Russia’s way as a major Furthermore, the Russian world power. This monograph argues that Vladimir Putin’s Navy continued to control the “” Russia has done no more than act in an historically consistent port leased from the Ukraine, Sevastopol’s and largely predictable manner. Specifically, it seeks to including its navigation systems. population, explain why possession of Sevastopol – the home of the Sevastopol’s population, Black Sea Fleet for more than 200 years – provides Russia containing many military containing many with considerable geostrategic advantage, one that is being retirees and their dependants, military retirees and exploited today in support of her current operations in Syria. remained fiercely loyal to Russia their dependants, and never accepted Ukrainian Sevastopol, and more particularly its ancient predecessor, rule – which they judged as a remained fiercely the former Greek city of Chersonesos, has a highly-symbolic historical accident at best, or, at loyal to Russia and place in Russia’s history and sense of nationhood.
    [Show full text]
  • Working Papers Arbeitspapiere
    Die Ukraine und Rußland: Von der Desintegration zur Reintegration? Arbeitspapiere Working papers Tadeusz Olszański Arbeitspapiere - Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung Nr. 43, 2002 ISSN 1437-8574 Tadeusz Olszański Die Ukraine und Rußland: Von der Desintegration zur Reintegration? Olszański, Tadeusz: Die Ukraine und Rußland: Von der Desintegration zur Reintegration? / Tadeusz Olszański. – Mannheim : 2002 (Arbeitspapiere - Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung; 43) ISSN 1437-8574 Nicht im Buchhandel erhältlich Schutzgebühr: € 2,60 Bezug: Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES), Postfach, 68131 Mannheim WWW: http://www.mzes.uni-mannheim.de Redaktionelle Notiz: Tadeusz Olszański ist Mitarbeiter des Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich (Zentrum für Oststudien) in Warschau. Die Studie ist im Rahmen des von der VolkswagenStiftung geförderten Forschungsprojektes „Brüssel oder Moskau“ am MZES entstanden. Das Manuskript wurde im Mai 2001 abgeschlossen. Volker Weichsel, Verfasser des Vorworts und für die Redaktion des Manuskripts verantwortlich, ist arbeitet seit 2000 am MZES im Rahmen des Projekts „Die Entwicklung des europäischen Ordnungssystems“ über die Außen- und Integrationspolitik der ostmitteleuropäischen Staaten. Das Manuskript wurde von Markus Bieniek aus dem Polnischen übersetzt. Editorial note: Tadeusz Olszański works at the Ośrodek Studiów Wschodnich (Center for Eastern Studies) in Warsaw. The manuscipt has been written for the research project “Brussels or Moscow”, which was located at the MZES and financed by the VolkswagenStiftung, and has completed in may 2001. Volker Weichsel, who has written the foreword and is the responsible editor, is working since 2000 in the project “Development of a European Regional System“ at the MZES on the foreign and integration policies of the East-Central European states. The polish manuscript has been translated by Markus Bieniek.
    [Show full text]
  • MANUFACTURING MORAL PANIC: Weaponizing Children to Undermine Gender Justice and Human Rights
    MANUFACTURING MORAL PANIC: Weaponizing Children to Undermine Gender Justice and Human Rights Research Team: Juliana Martínez, PhD; Ángela Duarte, MA; María Juliana Rojas, EdM and MA. Sentiido (Colombia) March 2021 The Elevate Children Funders Group is the leading global network of funders focused exclusively on the wellbeing and rights of children and youth. We focus on the most marginalized and vulnerable to abuse, neglect, exploitation, and violence. Global Philanthropy Project (GPP) is a collaboration of funders and philanthropic advisors working to expand global philanthropic support to advance the human rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and intersex (LGBTI) people in the Global1 South and East. TABLE OF CONTENTS Glossary ...................................................................................... 4 Acronyms .................................................................................................. 4 Definitions ................................................................................................. 5 Letter from the Directors: ......................................................... 8 Executive Summary ................................................................... 10 Report Outline ..........................................................................................13 MOBILIZING A GENDER-RESTRICTIVE WORLDVIEW .... 14 The Making of the Contemporary Gender-Restrictive Movement ................................................... 18 Instrumentalizing Cultural Anxieties .........................................
    [Show full text]
  • TO EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP (Analytical Report of Razumkov Centre)
    NATIONAL SECURITY & DEFENCE π 4 (108) CONTENTS 2009 UKRAINE-RUSSIA: FROM CRISIS – TO EFFECTIVE PARTNERSHIP (Analytical Report of Razumkov Centre) ............................................................................................. 2 Founded and published by: Section 1. POLITICAL FACTORS OF BILATERAL COOPERATION ....................................................... 3 Section 2. BILATERAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION OF UKRAINE AND RUSSIA .........................15 Section 3. RELATIONS OF UKRAINE AND RUSSIA IN THE ENERGY SECTOR .............................. 24 Section 4. HUMANITARIAN ASPECT OF UKRAINE-RUSSIA RELATIONS ......................................28 Section 5. STATE AND PROSPECTS OF UKRAINE-RUSSIA COOPERATION IN THE MILITARY SECTOR ......................................................................................... 33 UKRAINIAN CENTRE FOR ECONOMIC & POLITICAL STUDIES Section 6. CONCLUSIONS AND PROPOSALS ............................................................................. 37 NAMED AFTER OLEXANDER RAZUMKOV PROBLEMS AND PROSPECTS OF UKRAINE-RUSSIA PARTNERSHIP (Round-table by correspondence) .................................................................................................... 43 LONG-TERM FRUITFUL AND MUTUALLY ADVANTAGEOUS COOPERATION Director General Anatoliy Rachok OF UKRAINE AND RUSSIA IS OF OUR MUTUAL INTEREST Editor-in-Chief Maryna Melnyk Victor YUSHCHENKO ........................................................................................................... 43 Layout and design Oleksandr
    [Show full text]
  • The Ukrainian Weekly 1993, No.23
    www.ukrweekly.com INSIDE: • Ukraine's search for security by Dr. Roman Solchanyk — page 2. • Chornobyl victim needs bone marrow transplant ~ page 4 • Teaching English in Ukraine program is under way - page 1 1 Publishfd by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a fraternal non-prof it association rainianWee Vol. LXI No. 23 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, JUNE 6, 1993 50 cents New York commemorates Tensions mount over Black Sea Fleet by Marta Kolomayets Sea Fleet until 1995. 60th anniversary of Famine Kyyiv Press Bureau More than half the fleet — 203 ships — has raised the ensign of St. Andrew, by Andrij Wynnyckyj inaccurate reports carried in the press," KYYIV — Ukrainian President the flag of the Russian Imperial Navy. ranging from those of New York Times Leonid Kravchuk has asked for a summit NEW YORK — On June 1, the New None of the fleet's Warships, however, reporter Walter Duranty written in the meeting with Russian leader Boris have raised the ensign. On Friday, May York area's Ukrainian Americans com­ 1930s, to recent Soviet denials and Yeltsin to try to resolve mounting ten­ memorated the 60th anniversary of the Western attempts to smear famine sions surrounding control of the Black (Continued on page 13) tragic Soviet-induced famine of І932- researchers. Sea Fleet. 1933 with a "Day of Remembrance," "Now the facts are on the table," Mr. In response, Russian Foreign Minister consisting of an afternoon symposium Oilman said. "The archives have been Andrei Kozyrev is scheduled to arrive in Parliament begins held at the Ukrainian Institute of opened in Moscow and in Kyyiv, and the Ukraine on Friday morning, June 4, to America, and an evening requiem for the Ukrainian Holocaust has been revealed arrange the meeting between the two debate on START victims held at St.
    [Show full text]
  • International Crimes in Crimea
    International Crimes in Crimea: An Assessment of Two and a Half Years of Russian Occupation SEPTEMBER 2016 Contents I. Introduction 6 A. Executive summary 6 B. The authors 7 C. Sources of information and methodology of documentation 7 II. Factual Background 8 A. A brief history of the Crimean Peninsula 8 B. Euromaidan 12 C. The invasion of Crimea 15 D. Two and a half years of occupation and the war in Donbas 23 III. Jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court 27 IV. Contextual elements of international crimes 28 A. War crimes 28 B. Crimes against humanity 34 V. Willful killing, murder and enforced disappearances 38 A. Overview 38 B. The law 38 C. Summary of the evidence 39 D. Documented cases 41 E. Analysis 45 F. Conclusion 45 VI. Torture and other forms of inhuman treatment 46 A. Overview 46 B. The law 46 C. Summary of the evidence 47 D. Documented cases of torture and other forms of inhuman treatment 50 E. Analysis 59 F. Conclusion 59 VII. Illegal detention 60 A. Overview 60 B. The law 60 C. Summary of the evidence 62 D. Documented cases of illegal detention 66 E. Analysis 87 F. Conclusion 87 VIII. Forced displacement 88 A. Overview 88 B. The law 88 C. Summary of evidence 90 D. Analysis 93 E. Conclusion 93 IX. Crimes against public, private and cultural property 94 A. Overview 94 B. The law 94 C. Summary of evidence 96 D. Documented cases 99 E. Analysis 110 F. Conclusion 110 X. Persecution and collective punishment 111 A. Overview 111 B.
    [Show full text]
  • The Crimean Tatar Question: a Prism for Changing Nationalisms and Rival Versions of Eurasianism*
    The Crimean Tatar Question: A Prism for Changing Nationalisms and Rival Versions of Eurasianism* Andrew Wilson Abstract: This article discusses the ongoing debates about Crimean Tatar identity, and the ways in which the Crimean Tatar question has been crucial to processes of reshaping Ukrainian identity during and after the Euromaidan. The Crimean Tatar question, it is argued, is a key test in the struggle between civic and ethnic nationalism in the new Ukraine. The article also looks at the manner in which the proponents of different versions of “Eurasianism”—Russian, Volga Tatar, and Crimean Tatar—have approached the Crimean Tatar question, and how this affects the attitudes of all these ethnic groups to the Russian annexation of Crimea. Key words: Crimean Tatars, Euromaidan, Eurasianism, national identity, nationalism—civic and ethnic Introduction In the period either side of the Russian annexation of Crimea, the Crimean Tatar issue has become a lodestone for redefining the national identities of all the parties involved. The mainstream Crimean Tatar movement has been characterized by steadfast opposition first to the Yanukovych regime in Ukraine and then to Russian rule. This position has strengthened its longstanding ideology of indigenousness and special rights, but it has also * The author is extremely grateful to Ridvan Bari Urcosta for his invaluable help with research for this article, to Bob Deen and Zahid Movlazada at the OSCE HCNM, to Professor Paul Robert Magocsi, and to the anonymous reviewers who made useful comments and criticisms. 1 2 ANDREW WILSON belatedly cemented its alliance with Ukrainian nationalism. Meanwhile, Ukraine’s would‐be new supra‐ethnic civic identity draws heavily on the Crimean Tatar contribution.
    [Show full text]
  • 1 Introduction
    State Service of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre State Scientific Production Enterprise “Kartographia” TOPONYMIC GUIDELINES For map and other editors For international use Ukraine Kyiv “Kartographia” 2011 TOPONYMIC GUIDELINES FOR MAP AND OTHER EDITORS, FOR INTERNATIONAL USE UKRAINE State Service of Geodesy, Cartography and Cadastre State Scientific Production Enterprise “Kartographia” ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prepared by Nina Syvak, Valerii Ponomarenko, Olha Khodzinska, Iryna Lakeichuk Scientific Consultant Iryna Rudenko Reviewed by Nataliia Kizilowa Translated by Olha Khodzinska Editor Lesia Veklych ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ © Kartographia, 2011 ISBN 978-966-475-839-7 TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 Introduction ................................................................ 5 2 The Ukrainian Language............................................ 5 2.1 General Remarks.............................................. 5 2.2 The Ukrainian Alphabet and Romanization of the Ukrainian Alphabet ............................... 6 2.3 Pronunciation of Ukrainian Geographical Names............................................................... 9 2.4 Stress .............................................................. 11 3 Spelling Rules for the Ukrainian Geographical Names....................................................................... 11 4 Spelling of Generic Terms ....................................... 13 5 Place Names in Minority Languages
    [Show full text]
  • The Ukrainian Weekly 1994
    1NS1DE: 9 Ukrainian Parliament suspends privatization - page 2. ^ Rediscovering the humanities in Ukraine - page 7. ^ Kharkiv and Ukraine through a young diasporan's eyes - page 9. -У THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY Published by the Ukrainian National Association inc., a fraternal non-profit association vol. LXII No. 32 THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY SUNDAY, AUGUST J, 1994 75 cents Administration opposes aid provisionsU.S . vice-president promises Kyyiv for Central and East European states 'new intensity' in bilateral relations WASHINGTON (UNAW) - During American Hungarians, Polish American the July 28 House-Senate conference on Congress, Slovak World Congress, the Foreign Assistance Appropriations Ukrainian Congress Committee of America Act (HR 4426), the Clinton administra– inc., and the U.S.-Baltic Foundation. tion came out in opposition to virtually NATO cooperation all the Senate-passed initiatives dealing with Central and Eastern Europe. The One of the early issues the conference administration began lobbying House considered during its 12-hour session was and Senate conferees even before the the Senate amendment making Poland, Senate had completed consideration of Hungary and the Czech Republic eligible the bill two weeks earlier. for allied defense cooperation with NATO Prior to the conference, the Ukrainian countries, sponsored by Sens. Hank National Association (UNA) and the Brown (R-Colo.) and Paul Simon (D-11L). Central and East Europe Coalition Though the amendment did not mandate (CEEC) had strongly lobbied the confer– presidential action, it empowered the pres– ees and other members of the House and ident to provide the three countries with Senate in support of provisions affecting U.S. excess defense articles as the first Central and Eastern Europe.
    [Show full text]
  • Homeland Vs. Our Land
    Homeland vs. Our Land Conflicting Identities in Crimea Nathaniel Ray Pickett This publication is part of a collaborative program between the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREES), University of Kansas and the U.S. Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) at Fort Leavenworth. Open Source, Foreign Perspective, Underconsidered/Understudied Topics The Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is an open source research organization of the U.S. Army. FMSO conducts unclassified research on foreign perspectives of defense and security issues that are understudied or unconsidered. The Center for Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies (CREES), at the University of Kansas, is one of seventeen Title VI Comprehensive National Resource Centers for the Russian and East Central European area supported by the U.S. Department of Education. CREES has been a National Resource Center since 1965, offering degree-granting programs and serving as a resource for K-12 teachers, post-secondary educators, business, media, government, and military. Nathaniel Ray Pickett, during the Spring 2011 semester, worked as a Graduate Research Assistant in a collaboration program between the Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies (CREES), University of Kansas and the U.S. Foreign Military Studies Office (FMSO) at Fort Leavenworth. The intent of this program is for select students to learn more about Eurasian security and military operational environment analysis and discover how open source foreign language materials are used in developing informative research products. This analysis does not necessarily reflect the views of FMSO. FMSO has provided some editing, format, and graphics to this paper to conform to organizational standards.
    [Show full text]
  • Borders in Flux: Ukraine As a Case Study of Russia's Approach to Its
    Borders in Flux: Ukraine as a Case Study of Russia’s Approach to its Borders Marek Menkiszak Abstract This paper examines the contemporary border between Ukraine and Russia as a case study of Russia’s approach to its borders. Two research questions are addressed: Firstly, what does the annexation of Crimea by Russia as well as its attempts to further undermine Ukraine’s territorial integrity in its eastern region of Donbas say about Russia’s peculiar approach to Ukraine and its borders? Secondly Whether and To what extent does Russia’s approach represent a broader pattern of Russia’s policy towards its borders? This paper is divided into three parts: the first part gives a brief account of the modern history of the Russian-Ukrainian border; the second part focuses on peculiar Russian approaches to Ukraine revealed during the current Russian-Ukrainian crisis; the third part puts “the Ukrainian case” into broader conceptual frameworks. This paper concludes that Russia’s recognition of the territorial integrity and the borders of the post-Soviet states is conditional and depends mainly on their participation in Russia-led integration projects. Introduction On March 18, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin and the new pro-Moscow leaders of Crimea signed an agreement between the Russian Federation and the Republic of Crimea (an autonomous region of Ukraine, which illegally declared its independence on February 27 and was acknowledged on March 17, when the so called Republic of Crimea was formally created) on the accession of the latter to
    [Show full text]
  • Letter of 5 July 2017 from the Minister of Security and Justice and The
    DUI 1 Letter of 5 July 2017 from the Minister of Security and Justice and the Minister of Foreign Affairs to the House of Representatives of the States General concerning the decision on the MH17 prosecution mechanism I am writing on behalf of the Minister of Foreign Affairs and in my own capacity as Minister of Security and Justice to inform the House of the decision that has been taken in relation to the mechanism for the prosecution and trial of those suspected of the downing of Malaysia Airways flight MH17. After consultations, Australia, Belgium, Malaysia, Ukraine and the Netherlands – the countries whose law enforcement authorities are collaborating in the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) – have opted for a national prosecution and trial conducted in and by the Netherlands. The process will be rooted in close and ongoing international cooperation and support. The Dutch Public Prosecution Service will make the relevant decisions regarding prosecution (e.g. on matters like the summoning of suspects) at the appropriate time. The countries concerned are convinced that such a mechanism is in keeping with UN Security Council resolution 2166, which demands that those responsible for this incident be held to account, thereby doing justice to the interests of the 298 victims and their next of kin. Preparations for the prosecution mechanism After the Russian Federation’s veto in the UN Security Council on 29 July 2015, the Netherlands entered into further consultations with the JIT countries. Those countries’ heads of government decided to flesh out the legal and other implications of two possible prosecution and trial mechanisms: first, a national prosecution and trial in one of the countries involved in the criminal investigation, and second, an international prosecution and trial conducted by a tribunal established by multilateral treaty.
    [Show full text]