Five minutes with Andreas Umland: “Russia could solve the conflict quickly by simply withdrawing its support from the separatists”
Journal: London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)
Year: 2014

The situation in Eastern and Southern Ukraine remains extremely complex, following two referendums being held in the regions of Donetsk and Luhansk on the issue of establishing ‘self-rule’ from Ukraine. In an interview with EUROPP’s Managing Editor Stuart Brown, Andreas Umland discusses the differences between the situation in eastern/southern Ukraine and what took place in Crimea, the military dimension to the conflict, and what actions from the EU and Russia could help resolve the crisis.