Кризис на Украине

Ukraine is an especially significant country for Russia and will remain so in the foreseeable future. The two countries are connected not only by the common history and religion, but also by much more tangible, inherited, structural, social and economic ties that can be measured by a double-digit percentage of the shares of each other’s GDP. Owing to the choices of the Ukrainian elites and the constant political instability that started in 2004, Russian-Ukrainian interdependence is weakening. Russia has chosen to remove its vitally important interests - the Black Sea Fleet naval base, energy transport infrastructure, defense contracts and Russian population - from Ukrainian influence. Under normal conditions, this process might have unfolded over decades, but it was accelerated in 2014 by the forcible seizure of power in Ukraine by supporters of the Maidan. This made Moscow ‘unbracket’, in its relations with Kyiv, the issues of the Black Sea Fleet base and Crimea. Russia also clearly stated that resolving the situation in the Donbass was possible only by political means. Moscow assumes that an unfriendly regime will remain in power in Ukraine for an extended period, and so it will proceed with the policy of limiting its dependence on Ukraine. It is in the interests of both countries to act in such a way that the lowering of interdependence is gradual and well prepared.

Статья посвящена конкуренции различных проектов международной интеграции, украинскому Евромайдану как элементу этой конкуренции, а также тем  факторам, которые сегодня делают перспективными проекты международной интеграции- параллельно способствую кризису национального государства, сепаратизму и регионализации.