The geopolitical calculations Russia in "ukrainian crisis": Island Russia - continent of Crimea - state of Novorossia
Journal: Skhid
Year: 2015

In her article, the researcher presents possible variants of the 'Ukrainian crisis' settlement with regard to current geopolitical position of Russian Federation being a result of Vladimir Putin's politics of 'neoisolationism'. The author believes that the first - and the least plausible - option, taken broad Ukrainian opposition into account, is preservation of current de facto Crimean status and federalization and neutrality of Ukraine. This will allow Russia to change geopolitical situation o