ho would have thought that French President Emmanuel Macron and the Muslim minority living under pressure in France especially during his term, would breathe a sigh of relief at the same time, for the same reason, albeit for a temporary period! The war launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin on February 24, 2022, on the grounds of the “demilitarizing and de-Nazification of Ukraine,” turned the political climate in France upside down.
ould Russian President Vladimir Putin be prosecuted for war crimes in Ukraine? What about Russian military commanders and ordinary Russian soldiers? On the other side, could Ukraine President Volodmyr Zelensky, Ukrainian commanders or ordinary Ukrainian soldiers be prosecuted? These questions have taken on increased urgency as Russia’s military action in Ukraine promises to continue for an extended period of time.
Thousands of Russian art workers, businesses, and businesspeople face pressure either from Russia or from countries that oppose the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
Three years later, Hungary gave a construction project to Russia for expanding Hungary's only nuclear plant with Russian financing, which has caused much speculation within the EU.
ollowing the Russian invasion of Ukraine, intelligence activities by the Russian Intelligence Services (RIS) in Ukraine have come under the global spotlight.
Read: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Implications for the Two Koreas Increasing defense spending: what does it mean? Since the advent of Russia's military attackonUkraine, countries from Germany to China are bluntly increasing their defense budgets.
invasion of Iraq in 2003, the Russian invasion of Georgia in 2008, the unlawful withdrawal of the United States from the Iran nuclear deal in 2018, and Israel's bombing of Gaza, can be analyzed as decisive in shaping Putin's Ukraine policy.
Read: The Russian Invasion of Ukraine: What China Thinks General outlines of the regime introduced by the Montreux Convention The Montreux Convention brings some assurances that reduce the security concerns of both Turkey and other Black Sea littoral countries arising from foreign warships; the convention uses the concept of warship instead of “military ship.
The escalation between Russia and Western states over NATO enlargement turned into a full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine, as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered a “special military operation” on February 24, 2022.
While many countries have defended Ukraine's territorial integrity and political unity, very few countries have supported the Russian invasion be it implicitly or explicitly.
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.