| ID | 130906 |
| Title Proper | Role of Crimea in the integration choice of Ukraine |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Mashchenko, Alexander |
| Publication | 2014. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | I SHARE the greater part of apprehensions voiced here in connection with a possible signing of the Association Agreement between Ukraine and the EU. This will be a heavy blow to Ukrainian and Crimean economies. I want to draw your attention to the fact that without Crimea the situation in Ukraine could have been worse or even much worse. It is Crimea and its people who kept Ukraine within the Russian World and prevented the final rupture. In a way, the transfer of the peninsula to Ukraine was in the interests of Russia. Having sacrificed Taurida, it retained Ukraine in the field of its political and cultural attraction. I do hope that sociologists, political scientists, political technologists, and politicians will agree that the majority of the Crimean population would have voted for a membership in the Customs Union at a referendum on Ukraine's civilizational (integration) choice had it been organized. Let us hypothesize how would the deputies of the Supreme Rada of Ukraine who represent Crimea in this highest legislative structure vote at a referendum or in the Rada. |
| `In' analytical Note | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol.60, No.2; April 2014: p.208-212 |
| Journal Source | International Affairs (Moscow) Vol.60, No.2; April 2014: p.208-212 |
| Key Words | Post Soviet State ; Post Soviet Space ; Russia ; Crimea ; Ukraine ; Integration ; Europe ; European Union - EU ; European Integration ; Customs Union ; Geopolitics ; Geostrategic ; Economic Integration ; Economic Order ; International Order ; International Relations - IR |