War in Crimea unlikely, experts say
Russia has put its army on alert. Although experts doubt Russia will intervene militarily in Ukraine, they agree the relations between the two countries are difficult at best.
Russia is sending out conflicting signals. President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly put troops in the western and central parts of the country on alert on Wednesday (26.02.2014). A large number of the troops stand ready to move on short notice, announced Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu without giving a reason. Many Ukrainians now fear Russian military intervention following the change of leadership in their country. Moscow doesn't recognize the legitimacy of the new regime in Kyiv. A few years ago, Putin referred to a military confrontation with Ukraine as a "nightmare." Heated debate in Russian parliament On Wednesday Valentina Matvijenko, chairman of the Federation Council in Moscow, said it was "too terrible to think about," adding that such a scenario would be "impossible." The Federation Council is the lower chamber in the Russian parliament, representing the country's regions. In the upper chamber, the Duma, a heated debate is raging over the change of leadership in the neighboring former Soviet republic. Right-wing populist Vladimir Zhirinovsky has suggested issuing passports to interested Ukrainians. Not only Ukrainians but also experts from the West are closely monitoring such developments in Russia. Jens Siegert, director of the Heinrich Böll Foundation in Moscow, notes that Russia has been offering passports to people in the breakaway Georgian region of Abkhazia. "I view this as a dangerous step," Siegert told DW. But he isn't sure whether the Kremlin would make a similar move in Ukraine. Other experts doubt that Russia will intervene militarily in Ukraine. "I rule out that scenario," said Gerhard Mangott from the University of Innsbruck. "That would severely damage Russian relations with the European Union and the United States," he told DW, adding that the Ukrainian army could also be expected to put up strong resistance. If there were to be any clashes in Crimea between the Russians and Ukrainians or the Tatar population and if the leadership in Kyiv were to intervene with security forces or if Crimean autonomy were to be in question, "then I could imagine Russian military intervention," Mangott said. But he views these possibilities as "highly unlikely." 'Huge defeat for Moscow' Christian Wipperfürth with the German Society for Foreign Policy (DGAP) in Berlin also doesn't expect any intervention on the part of Russia. "I see no reason why Ukrainian borders should be at risk," he told DW but doesn't rule out the possibility completely. Most experts agree, however, that Russia has made mistakes in its Ukrainian policy. "This is unquestionably a huge defeat for Moscow," Mangott said. The Kremlin, he added, underestimated the opposition protest on Independence Square. President Putin apparently believed he could sway Ukraine "to his side" with a $15 billion loan. "Russia has no opportunity to maneuver Ukraine in a direction," says Peter Schulze from the University of Göttingen. "This opportunity vanished with the resignation of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych," he told DW. Moscow, he argues "has absolutely no interest to bang on the table and behave carelessly" and knows that it can't play a "separatist card" in the Ukraine. Views also differ on how relations between the two countries will develop in the future. Schulze, for instance, believes much will depend on the outcome of the early presidential election in Ukraine in late May 2014. Even if Ukraine should seek stronger ties to Europe - a move that Russia views critically - Kyiv and Moscow would be forced "to get along with each other," he said. Possible 'nyet' to loans and gas discounts All the same, Wipperfürth expects the relations between Ukraine and Russia "to remain difficult." Ukraine continues to push away from Russia, he says, but doubts Russia will put "massive pressure" on Ukraine. Mangott is less convinced. He doesn't rule out Russia dropping its promised loans to Ukraine as well as its discount on natural gas. A majority of Russians also want the country to hold back on Ukraine. According to a recent poll conducted by the Moscow research institute VTsIOM, 73 percent of Russians said the country should not interfere.
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President
Vladimir Putin
Vladimir_Putin
Wednesday
26.02.2014
Defense Minister
Sergei Shoigu
Sergey_Shoygu
Ukrainians
Russian
Moscow
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$15 billion
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Ukraine
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Peter Schulze
Peter_Schulze
University of Göttingen
University_of_Göttingen
Ukrainian
President
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor_Yanukovych 2014_Ukrainian_revolution Viktor_Viktorovych_Yanukovych
DW
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Moscow
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May 2014
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Wipperfürth
Wipperfürth
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Ukraine
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Russia
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Mangott
Russia
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Ukraine
Ukraine Ukraine_national_football_team Ukrainian_Soviet_Socialist_Republic List_of_non-marine_molluscs_of_Ukraine Football_Federation_of_Ukraine ISU_Junior_Grand_Prix_in_Ukraine Ukraine_women's_national_football_team Ukraine_national_cerebral_palsy_football_team Ukraine_national_under-21_football_team Ukraine_national_under-19_football_team Ukraine_Fed_Cup_team Ukrainian_Basketball_SuperLeague Ukraine_national_rugby_union_team Ukraine_national_basketball_team Ukraine_at_the_2008_Summer_Olympics Ukrainian_People's_Republic
Russians
Ukraine
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Moscow
Moscow Moscow,_Idaho Kremlin_Cup Moscow_Oblast Moscow_Governorate FC_Moscow Luzhniki_Stadium Grand_Duchy_of_Moscow Moscow_State_University Moscow,_Pennsylvania Moscow_Metro 1980_Summer_Olympics Moscow_Raceway Battle_of_Moscow Moscow,_Tennessee Megasport_Sport_Palace
VTsIOM
Russian_Public_Opinion_Research_Center
Russians
European Union
European_Union
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Russia
Russia
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Ukraine
Ukraine
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Vladimir Putin
Vladimir_Putin
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Christian Wipperfürth
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Jens Siegert
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Gerhard Mangott
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Peter Schulze
Peter_W._Schulze
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German Society for Foreign Policy
German_Council_on_Foreign_Relations
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Crimea
Crimea
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President
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Wednesday
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26.02.2014
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Defense Minister
topic::none type::role type::value
Sergei Shoigu
Sergey_Shoygu
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Ukrainians
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Russian
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Moscow
Moscow
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Kyiv
Kiev
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Valentina Matvijenko
Valentina_Matviyenko
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Federation Council
Federation_Council_(Russia)
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Duma
State_Duma
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Soviet
Soviet_Union
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populist
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Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Vladimir_Zhirinovsky
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West
Western_world
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Heinrich Böll Foundation
Heinrich_Böll_Foundation
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Georgian
topic::none type::gpe0-x type::other
Abkhazia
Abkhazia
topic::none type::entity type::loc type::location
DW
Deutsche_Welle
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Kremlin
Moscow_Kremlin
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University of Innsbruck
University_of_Innsbruck
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United States
United_States
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Ukrainian
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Russians
topic::none type::gpe0-x type::other
Tatar
Tatars
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Crimean
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Berlin
Berlin
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Independence Square
Maidan_Nezalezhnosti
topic::none type::entity type::location type::street
$15 billion
topic::none type::money type::value
University of Göttingen
University_of_Göttingen
iptc::13000000 topic::science type::entity type::organization type::research_center
Viktor Yanukovych
Viktor_Yanukovych
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May 2014
topic::none type::time type::value
VTsIOM
Russian_Public_Opinion_Research_Center
iptc::13000000 topic::science type::entity type::organization type::research_center
Georgia
Germany