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Top 5 things you want to know about Ukraine
Chris Browarski
The Clackamas Print
I f you’ve tried watching the
news iti the past few months,
you’ve probably been alerted
to the riots, chaos and overall
craziness that has been going
on in Ukraine.
I f you’re coming late to the
party, then you might have a
hard time catching up w ith the
events.
Here are the quick answers
to five questions you might be
asking about the crisis in the
region. 5
1. What is Ukraine and
Crimea?
Ukraine is a large- Eastern.
E uropean country b order­
ing Russia, Belarus, Poland,
Slovakia, M oldova, Hungary
and Romania. Crimea is a self;
governed republic belonging tò
Ukraine, mostly separated by
the Black Sea, near Russia.
Thè country has had a rough
history being placed under
Soviet control through most o f
the 20th century. Ukraine gained
its independence after the fall
o f the Soviet Union in 1990
but, according to Clackamas
Com m unity College political
Science instructor James Hite,
has struggled to keep itself
truly independent.
“Othef former Eastern Bloc
countries like Poland and the
Czech Republic have had a n
easier time getting away from
R ussia,” said Hite. “Ukraine
has had the hardest time transi- -
tioning since gaining its inde­
pendence/’
In 1994 Ukraine signed a
treaty with Russia, the United
Kingdom and the United States
to uphold its borders. Since
then, Russia has held a strate­
gic naval base on the coast o f
the Black Sea in Crimea, which
served as the country’s only
warm,-water-port,
The 2004 Ukrainian presi­
dential election w on by Viktor
Yanukovych was surrounded
in scandal Over vote rigging,
and non-violent protests broke
out around the Ukranian capi­
tal o f Kiev. A fter a recount,
Yanukovych’s win was revoked
and was aw arded to Viktor
Yushchenko in what is known
as the Orange Revolution.
Y ahkukovych
re g ain ed
pow er in 2006 and became
prime m inister and then was
eventually voted in as president
in 2010.
Please see UKRAINE, Page 8
Want up-to-the-minute accounts of what’s happening in Ukraine?
Here are five Twitter accounts to follow for Ukraine news.
@shustry
Simon Shuster -—.Reporting for Time in Moscow.
@ngumenyuk
Nataliya Gumenyuk —;A Ukrainian reporter tweeting in English
from the streets of Kiev. She has provided consistent details around
the clock.
@ChristopherJM
Christopher Miller
An editor of the Kiev Post. Offers most
up-to-date insight on political movements in Ukraine and Russia
and reports of the protests.
@ukrpravda_news
Pravda B A Kiev-based newspaper that tweets only in Ukrainian
hut offers many photos and video from the capital city.
@rt_com
Russia Today — A Russian news outlet that does not strictly
focus on the Ukrainian crisis but shows the news from the Russian
spectrum.
Bonus: Check out the Ukranian conflict sticky post on reddit.
com/r/worldnews for a live, updated timeline of events and news
stories from Kiev, Crimea, and Moscow. The live thread provides
aggregated new stories as they come in and is the fastest way to
catch up on the events in Europe.
— Compiled by CHRIS BROW ARSKI