The 2005 Orange Revolution resulted in the downfall of the pro-Russian President Viktor Yanukovych, who was subsequently impeached after the 2013 Euromaiden Protests that saw Ukrainians seeking alignment with the EU.
Read: Dependent on Russian Gas: Europe Must Reconsider Its Energy SecurityIn 2009, the EU made its first ever ambitious move, namely the European Union Climate Change and Energy Package directive, which is famous for its 20-20-20 targets, passed by the EU.
By painstakingly exerting efforts to convince both Kyiv and Moscow of the agreement, Ankara added another significant diplomatic breakthrough to its list of diplomatic achievements—in addition to gathering Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum for the first time and hosting the latest peace talks between the two sides in Istanbul.
ussian Strategic Missile Force Commander Colonel General Sergei Karakayev announced on June 5 that the second regiment of intercontinental ballistic missiles equipped with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicles was preparing to go on combat alert.
fter Russia’s decision to place the Sakhalin-2 oil and gas project under its jurisdiction on July 1, on Thursday, July 7, Russian lawmaker Pavel Zavalny said that the same happening to the Sakhalin-1 project was the obvious next move.
The most striking example of this new international structure manifests itself in how Saudi and Emirati national interests dictated and enabled these Gulf monarchies to respond to the Russian attacks in Ukraine more cautiously and openly refusing an automatic alignment with the United States.
Although the RussianinvasionofUkraine seems to have brought us back to the Cold War era, the faithful alliances of the past have no meaning in today’s politics.
The RussianinvasionofUkraine added insult to injury as farmers face further rising oil and fertilizer costs, and the lingering effects of COVID19 labor restrictions.
Read: RussianInvasionofUkraine from an International Law PerspectiveThe Security Council makes decisions with the majority vote of 9 out of 15 members.
At the moment, Russian forces are pursuing a strategy of fortifying the Russian separatist regions in eastern Ukraine and restoring the land connection between Crimea and these regions.
There were also highly publicized events of the unconfirmed “Russian submarines” in Helsinki Harbor and the Stockholm Archipelago, which increased public support for NATO membership.
he Russia–Ukraine war threatens global food security, especially in Asia and the MENA region, which heavily rely on Russian and Ukrainian wheat, oilseeds, and fertilizers.
The global economic stability is also endangered by conflict, as many European nations, particularly Germany, depend on Russian natural gas for their energy needs.
It appears that Khalifa Haftar expects international actors to feel anxious about restoring oil production amid the newly occurring global energy crisis following the RussianinvasionofUkraine.