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RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN RELATIONS: FROM COEXISTENCE IN TOTALITARIANISM TO WAR
Ana Lovrić
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The subject of this paper are key problems in Russian-Ukrainian relations. Historically, Russia considers most of Ukraine as its part, and Russians and Ukrainians as one people. The focus of the work is on the dynamics of events in Ukraine in the context of Russian-Ukrainian relations, along with the analysis of internal events in both countries. A number of intersecting historical and current crises have been identified, each of which worsens the situation. By carrying out the research in the paper, the key problems of Russian-Ukrainian relations necessary for understanding the current relationship and the future of the two countries were detected. The research provided an overall overview of the argumentative data on the complexity of the relationship between Ukraine and Russia, which represents the starting database for further research in this area. On the basis of the results and findings obtained through the research, it is confirmed that the basis of the problem of Russian-Ukrainian relations lies in the economic, social and political connection of the two countries from the earliest history. After the collapse of the USSR, Ukraine aspires to the West, the European Union and NATO, but Russia considers it a discrete threat, which leads to the aggravation of relations and conflicts in 2014. Therefore, it is concluded that the increasing integration of Ukraine into Euro-Atlantic institutions, and especially into NATO, led to the escalation of relations between the two countries and the Russian invasion.
Ključne riječi
Russian-Ukrainian relations; invasion; Russia; Ukraine; NATO
Hrčak ID:
295504
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Datum izdavanja:
28.12.2021.
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