This study of the 2014 Ukrainian crisis focuses on the activities of separatist forces in the Crimean peninsula and on their support by Russia. A chronological summary of the antecedents and consequences of the Ukrainian president’s deposition is followed by the analysis of arguments for and against the conduct of the self-proclaimed “self-defense forces of Crimea” and the Russian government. The arguments in their defense are presented: the process by which the Ukrainian president was ousted, the alleged illegality of the current Ukrainian government, the principle of self-determination of peoples, region’s history, and the claim of protection of Ukraine’s Russian …read more
Source: VOLYA Institute