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Ukraine: A New Battleground Between Russia and the West
Ukraine is the biggest East European country; it represents the real core of Eastern Europe; and it is currently a bone of contention between Moscow and the West. With an area almost as big as France, a population of 46 million people, with good agricultural land and huge industrial complexes, Ukraine is a country of utmost importance.
Posted in Foreign Policy, News and Analysis, Russia & Eurasia, Sovereignty, Ukraine and Crimea, Uncategorized
Tagged Bolshevik Revolution, Crimea, Eastern Europe, European Union, George H.W. Bush, Kyiv, Maidan, Malta Summit 1989, Mikhail Gorbachev, Muscovy, NATO, Oleksander Turchynov, Russia, Soviet Union, Tatars, Vladimir Putin