Special Features of the Border Geopolitical Standoff of Russia and Ukraine
Journal: Общество политика экономика право
Year: 2019

The political crisis of 2013–2014 in Ukraine, which brought to power representatives of anti-Russian political forces, threatened the security of the inhab-itants of the Crimean peninsula with its predominant Russian and Russian-speaking population and pro-voked the secession of the Republic of Crimea from Ukraine and its subsequent merger into Russia. This fact not only provoked an aggravation of Rus-sian-Ukrainian relations and generated cross-border disputes, but also provoked an internationa