The Place of Crimea in the Neo-emperor Policy of Russia (1991-2020)
Journal: History Journal of Yuriy Fedkovych Chernivtsi National University
Year: 2020

The study focuses on a complex burning issue that arose in Ukrainian-Russian interstate relations after the downfall of the USSR. The establishment of control over the Crimean peninsula became priority task of the Russian Federation, which repeatedly made attempts to capture it during 1990-2000. However, the well coordinated actions of the Ukrainian authorities and law enforcement structures allowed repelling the most dangerous attacks in 1993-1994, 2003. New aggravation on the peninsula and in