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Near the end of November 2013, the then Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovich refused to sign the negotiated Association Agreement between his country and the EU at the Eastern Partnership summit in Vilnius, seeking closer cooperation with Russia instead. His refusal, due to strong pressure from Russia, led to massive public protests on Kiyv’s Independence Square (Maidan Nezalezhnosti), the events becoming known as Euromaidan. The demonstrations were soon answered by brutal reactions from the state, leading to further complex and violent events. These uprisings were followed by Russia’s annexation of the Crimean Peninsula and the military conflict in Eastern Ukraine, which continues at the time of writing. Ukraine’s position between the European Union and Russia has ultimately become clearly evident and very problematic.
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Bruns, B., Happ, D., Zichner, H. (2016). Introduction. In: Bruns, B., Happ, D., Zichner, H. (eds) European Neighbourhood Policy. New Geographies of Europe. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/978-1-349-69504-1_1
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