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There are three main geopolitical actors whose interests & specific actions may have impact on Ukraine's geopolitical drift towards the East or the West. From such actors Russia must be named first. Yet author of the article is more interested in two others -- the United States & the European Union. Although in the Huntington's scheme they represent supposedly united Western civilization their interests in Ukraine or towards Ukraine are rather different. For the United States Ukraine is quite an important country, especially for security reasons. Those reasons are related both to containment of Russia -- the USA seeks to contain not only enemies but partners as well -- and to the implementation of national security strategy which treats the Wider Middle East as likely the most important for the USA -- from security point of view -- region of the world. Ukraine borders with this region in which the USA has few reliable partners. Ukraine may became such a partner -- more reliable than Turkey. From the first view the EU is more close to Ukraine than the USA. Yet the EU is more close to Ukraine only from geographical point of view. The EU, especially its core states, so called "old" Europe, treats Ukraine as peripheral country & regards development of closer ties with it as unnecessary or even harmful. One of the many reasons -- Ukraine may become a new Trojan Horse of the USA inside the EU. Different EU countries look at EU neighborhood policy with different eyes. Most of the new members of the EU give priority to the eastern direction but many older -- rather to the southern one. Moreover, for most of the new members Ukraine is more natural candidate for EU membership than Turkey creating much less problems for the European identity of the EU. However, Ukraine's possible accession to EU & NATO will depend not only upon position of the major geopolitical players but on the will of Ukrainians themselves. Ukraine is extremely heterogeneous country. Religious, historical & cultural divides create political ones & at the moment it is not clear which way -- leading towards the East or the West -- the country may choose. In such situation an external encouragement & support is vitally needed -- development of relations with Ukraine must become a priority not only for the USA but for the EU also. Adapted from the source document.

The subject of the article are international guarantees of human rights and cases of violation of these rights in Ukraine. The text of the Constitution of Ukraine, adopted in 1996, takes into account the norms of international law in the field of human rights protection. It is a developing country, so there are still many problems related to the protection of human rights. The basic problem is the lack of fair courts, one of the reasons being the high level of corruption. But the most difficult situation from the point of view of human rights protection is the war in the east of Ukraine and the annexation of Crimea by Russia. In the Crimea occupied by Russia, violent disappearances of people are repeated; Russian authorities persecute pro-Ukrainian activists and Crimean Tatars for peaceful resistance to the occupation of the peninsula. Diplomatic procedures are ineffective, and several dozen people are still in custody. Support is provided by organizations such as Amnesty International and cases of violations of human rights are publicized in order to arouse the reaction of international public opinion.

von George Cleinow ; Volltext // Exemplar mit der Signatur: München, Bayerische Staatsbibliothek -- H.un.app. 80 p-10/11

Författaren tar oss med på en vandring från Kyjivs grundande på 400-talet till det moderna Ukrainas självständighet, över revolutioner och kriser, genom Rysslands aggression 2014 och fram till den fullskaliga invasionen i februari 2022. Han förklarar på ett förtjänstfullt sätt vad som skiljer Ukraina från Ryssland och hur ukrainarna, trots så mycket mindre befolkning och militära och ekonomiska resurser, har klarat att stå emot den ryska aggressionen på ett sätt som väckt omvärldens både beundran och sympati
The author takes us on a journey from the founding of Kyiv in the 5th century to the independence of modern Ukraine, through revolutions and crises, Russia's aggression in 2014, and up to the full-scale invasion in February 2022. He explains in a meritorious way what distinguishes Ukraine from Russia and how the Ukrainians, despite a much smaller population and fewer military and economic resources, have managed to resist the Russian aggression in a way that has aroused both the admiration and sympathy of the outside world.