أزمة القرم و تداعياتها على العلاقات الروسية-الأوكرانية

Abstract EN

The Crimean crisis broke out between Russia and Ukraine after the annexation of the Crimea island by Russia which was granted to Ukraine at the era of the former soviet union .The island due to its location overlooking the two straits of Bosphorus and Dardanelles represents a strat egic significance to Russia, and the possession of it means the control of the black sea waters, and it has the biggest naval base for Russia which is the only one in the warm waters which ensures safe exit for the Russian black sea fleet to the Mediterranean sea, the crisis has erupted when the Ukrainian president (Viktor Janoekovytsj) Withdrew the request of Ukraine to join European communityearly in 2014 and his attempt to rapprochement with Russia and entering the Eurasian union, demonstrations broke out to the streets denouncing that decision and was associated with acts of violence and clashes between the demonstrators and security forces, Which made the Ukrainian parliament to vot out president (janoekovytsj , and issued a decision to rule out the decision of languages for the minorities including the Russian language and declaring that Ukrainian language of the contry, the thing that provoke an outrage in the territories who were already upset with the changes, so the demonstrations set out demanding more integration with Russia, and the change of the head of the power in Ukraine provoked extreme fears for government of president Putin, as the national extreme rightwing forces ascended to power in Kyiv , so he decided to intervene militarily and return the Crimea to Russia corresponding the referendum which showed that 95 % of its people willing to enter the Russian federation many severe impacts resulted from that crisis and affected the relations between Russia and the relations between Russia and west is supportive to Ukraine.