Crimea and Eastern Ukraine: Values, Security, and Business
Journal: Palgrave studies in presidential politics.
Year: 2025

The chapter analyses Central European executive dualism during the Russian annexation of Crimea and the war in eastern Ukraine in 2014. The countries of the region remained divided in their attitude. Poland was the most strongly anti-Russian, and this position resulted from a consensus within the executive. The situation in other countries was more complex. In Czechia, the pro-Russian President Miloš ZemanZeman, Miloš overshadowed the government of Prime Minister Bohuslav SobotkaSobotka, Bohusla