History of Ukraine and conflict with Russia

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The international community has very limited means to put pressure on Russia and deter military intervention in Ukraine. It can be especially politically, threatening Moscow isolation. This is what Barack Obama did on Saturday during a telephone conversation that lasted ninety minutes with his Russian counterpart. He warned against "international isolation" and against the "cost" on the world stage for a possible Russian intervention in Ukraine.

The other lever is that the boycott of the G8 summit, scheduled in Sochi in June. France announced it was suspending its participation in the preparatory meetings of the G8 "as our Russian partners did not return to principles consistent with those of the G7 and G8," said the head of French diplomacy, Laurent Fabius. Previously, the United States and Canada had indicated that they could not go to the G8 Sochi. Several European countries have announced the recall of its ambassador in Russia.

The other possible way is boycotting the Paralympics Games to be held in Sochi on March 7. A difficult weapon to wield, as many feel that we should not mix sports and politics. The other way is diplomatic engagement. The Security Council of the United Nations has already met Saturday and a meeting of foreign ministers of the European Union is scheduled today.
The Organization of the North Atlantic Treaty (NATO) has also held an emergency meeting of the 28 member countries of the Atlantic Alliance

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[...] Ukraine has cooperated for many years with NATO and has signed a partnership with it in 1997. But she is not a member. In April 2008 Bucharest Summit, Allied leaders agreed that countries were Ukraine destined to join NATO, which has angered Russia. In 2010, the newly elected President Viktor Yanukovych, the pro-Russian government had abandoned this goal. But, apart from verbal protests, we cannot imagine Western countries mobilizing militarily to prevent Russia from invading the Crimea, or more. Prehistory and Antiquity After prehistoric populations that Greeks called as "Pelasgians" key people from what is now the Ukraine, during the second millennium BC groups. [...]

[...] History of Ukraine and conflict with Russia INTRODUCTION The international community has very limited means to put pressure on Russia and deter military intervention in Ukraine. It can be especially politically, threatening Moscow isolation. This is what Barack Obama did on Saturday during a telephone conversation that lasted ninety minutes with his Russian counterpart. He warned against "international isolation" and against the "cost" on the world stage for a possible Russian intervention in Ukraine. The other lever is that the boycott of the G8 summit, scheduled in Sochi in June. [...]

[...] In 1986, in the town of Chernobyl, an explosion occurred at a nuclear plant became the largest nuclear disaster of the century, and contamination not only Ukraine, Belarus and Russia, but other countries Europe. It was not until 1989 that the liberalization of the Soviet regime and the release of all political prisoners allowed the Ukrainians to organize to defend their rights. In 1989, the People's Movement of Ukraine was created. In the elections of March 1990 the Ukrainian democratic bloc parties then got about 25% of the seats in Parliament. [...]

[...] In the conflict between the communist center (Moscow) and the national communist parties, the center who won and imposed a federation. When Joseph Stalin launched the first Five Year Plan in 1928, Ukraine became one of the essential sources of funding. Years of industrialization were marked by the construction of the largest hydroelectric power station on the Dnieper Europe (the DnieproGuES), which contributed to the electrification of the Republic, and a significant enhancement of the Great Basin mining and metallurgy, the Donbass. The national flag of the Ukrainian SSR. [...]

[...] As for Poland, it took control of Galicia. Following the union between Poland and Lithuania, concluded in 1385, an intense political restocking takes place: Poles, Moldavians, Germans, Armenians and Jews immigrated in the country. Number of towns and villages were founded. The nobility of Western Ukraine was often "polonized." Polish legislation is introduced in Western Ukraine in 1434. If Poland leads a relatively tolerant policy vis-à-vis Orthodoxy, Catholicism grew in the territories under its domination. The Polish influence penetrates more slowly in the jurisdictions of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania. [...]