Ukraine

The US State Department has a three-tier system of ranking countries on their human trafficking issues with the third tier being the worst. Ukraine ranks as a tier two country and the only reason it ranks this high is thanks to having some form of written action against trafficking. This being said there is a big difference between having written plans against something and actually doing anything. “Ukraine is a country of origin, transit and destination for trafficking in men, women and children. Internal trafficking is also a growing problem. According to a research commissioned by IOM, over 160,000 Ukrainians became victims to human trafficking since 1991, which makes Ukraine one of the largest source country for trafficking in human beings in Europe.” (http://www.iom.org.ua/en/combating-human-trafficking). A big roadblock stopping the Ukrainian government from further working on the issue and diverting funds towards it 's victims has been it 's recent conflict with Russia. It’s hard for a country locked in a military conflict to focus on the trafficking of people as rough as that is to hear someone being exploited just isn 't as important as the invasion of your country. This conflict with Russia is a great example of how trafficking is still stemming from the hardships that the Ukraine has endured having to start fresh after it 's escape from…

Ukraine The history of Russia and Ukraine’s relationship is a long and complicated one. As one of the former Soviet Union countries, Ukraine has close ties to Russia and has historically had a great economic dependence on the current Federation. However, it is mostly due to this complicated relationship that Ukraine is still considered a developing nation. In fact, Russia’s economic interactions with Ukraine have had an overall negative effect on the developing nation and are somewhat…

Ukraine should be able to do what they want since they are no longer in the Soviet Union and are their own country, not Russia’s. Ukraine has been split in half by the Russia conflict, Donetsk and Luhansk want to secede since they are pro-Russian, but by international law will they even be recognized? The law of self-determination says “A people may qualify for self-determination and seek independence or a merger with another state if it constitutes the entire population residing within the…

There has been an on-going battle in Ukraine for control of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions. The United Nations has been informed about the growing number of civilian deaths but they have yet to do anything. Russia was accused of backing the Russian separatist on Ukrainian soil but they deny taking any part in that. Russia has gotten away with a lot of their activities and choices they made. They don’t take any accountability for what they have done, this just encourages them to do more. If…

Ukraine was established as an independent state in 1991 after the collapse of the Soviet Union. The former USSR member faced a difficult transition into stability and tensions between Russia and Ukraine live on because of the history between the two countries, North Atlantic Trade Organization (NATO)-Ukraine relations and the conflict between the two countries over Crimea. Both Russia and Ukraine are regional powers and conflict has arisen because of their power struggle as well. Though the…

country Ukraine, where the famine took place. Holodomor also literally translates into “murder by hunger” (The New American, 2009). The government played the leading role in the creation and impact of the genocide that took a toll on the people and land. The man-made Holodomor Genocide in Ukraine was one of the most fatal, yet under looked tragedies in European history, causing the death of millions in Eastern Europe and impacting the lives of people around the world. Ukraine and Russia have…

In the Ukrainian case the Ukrainian language seems to be the most obvious identity marker, used by the government to create a stronger national identity in the country by introducing specific linguistic policies . Why is that?  National Identity in Ukraine First of all, it is essential to state the significance of the national identity issue in the context of the current conflict in eastern Ukraine, escalated, besides other reasons, because of the crisis within the country. After the period of…

stock in Ukraine (5). This resulted in a huge food shortage. This effected Ukraine in the worst way in that era, as millions of Ukrainians died during this time due to starvation (6). A little later into the 1930’s the Soviets arrested anyone in Ukraine that was suspected of patriotism towards Ukraine (2). This included thousands of Ukrainians that were arrested. Ukraine also took a hit when the Soviet Union banned all types of Ukrainian churches, including Catholic, and Orthodox…

had achieved their independence like Ukraine when the Soviet Union broke apart in 1991. In response, the U.S should provide financial and economic support, political backing, and military aid to strengthen Ukraine and its surrounding neighbors. The U.S should: reassert its Cold War containment policy by arming opposition groups; and deter Russian advances by increasing marketing in other former Soviet states that have gained their independence from the Soviet Union. Since, the Soviet Union broke…

Vladimir Putin is the current President of the nation of Russia. Association between Russia and the Western part of the world are intensifying. March 14th of 2014, Russia annexed Crimea as part of its own national territory. As background, Ukraine was a part of the Soviet Union. Once Ukraine became an independent nation, the region of Crimea became part of Ukraine. The Soviet Union was disbanded. As indicated in history “Crimea, which has an ethnic Russian majority, has long been a…