Federal State of New Russia
The Federal State New Russia ( Russian (Федеративное государство) Новороссия (Federatiwnoje Gossudarstwo) Noworossija ; Ukrainian (Федеративна держава) Новоросія (Federatywna derzhava) Noworossija ) was proclaimed on May 24, 2014 Union between the proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic and the proclaimed Luhansk People's Republic . Both emerged in the course of the war in Ukraine since 2014 and are not recognized internationally.
In May 2015, the project was declared over due to the lack of support from Kharkiv , Odessa and Dnepropetrovsk . Instead, on July 18, 2017, pro-Russian separatists proclaimed a new state called Little Russia . This should only include the people's republics of Lugansk and Donetsk. However , the area has no geographical overlap with historic Little Russia .
Surname
The name refers to a briefly existing province of New Russia of the Russian Empire . These were conquests in the area of Crimea and today's southern Ukraine under Catherine the Great .
The term Union of People's Republics ( Russian Союз народных республик Soyuz narodnych respublik ; Ukrainian Союз народних республік Sojus narodnych respublik ) is preferred by some actors within the Union . However, the name New Russia has caught on, also because the name was used by Vladimir Putin in spring 2014 .
founding
Following the ousting of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych , secession movements covertly supported by Russia and President Putin broke out in eastern Ukraine and Crimea . From this the war in Ukraine developed since 2014 , in which Russia-friendly associations tried to force the detachment of the areas around Donetsk and Luhansk from Ukraine.
The two Russian citizens Alexander Borodai and Alexei Karjakin , the leading actors of the two self-proclaimed People's Republics, signed a memorandum on the establishment of the Union on May 24, 2014 in Donetsk . The signing took place during a meeting of self-appointed representatives of the people from the southern and eastern regions of Ukraine. It was stated that other areas represented at this conference, namely Kherson , Odessa , Kharkiv , Dnipropetrovsk , Mykolaiv and Zaporizhia , could join this union in the near future , provided similar referendums were held. The flag of the New Russia Party was chosen as the flag. In May 2015 it was reported that due to the lack of support for the other hoped-for areas, namely Kharkiv and Odessa, the project would be frozen until sufficient support was established.
organization
As president of the Union called Valeri Kaurow (* 1956), as Parliament Chairman joined Oleg Tsaryov on. Both politicians are on the European Union's sanctions list .
The military organization was the so-called people's militia ; Its composition was one of the central questions discussed in the international debates about New Russia: Representatives of the two People's Republics as well as Russian President Vladimir Putin and Russian sources claim that these are mainly local fighters as well as voluntary individuals and voluntary associations Russia , act. The Ukrainian side and numerous international observers assume, however, that members and units of the regular units of the Russian army with their equipment as well as members of the Russian secret services will also be deployed in eastern Ukraine . This is confirmed by isolated sources on the part of the militias.
Human rights violations
In the report of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights of July 28, 2014, reference was made to a reign of terror by the pro-Russian armed groups with imprisonment, kidnappings, torture and executions.
development
At the beginning of August 2014, the two militia-controlled areas around Luhansk and Donetsk may have been temporarily cut off from one another. Within a short time, however, the forces directed against the central government of Ukraine were able to massively expand their territories again thanks to Russian help. The fighters of New Russia were described by the American Secretary of State John Kerry as a de facto extension of the Russian army, which would be supplied and commanded by Moscow.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Царев представил флаг Новороссии (German Tsarev presented the flag of New Russia). In: Lenta.ru . August 13, 2014, accessed September 1, 2014 .
- ↑ New Russia is born , German translation of the message on Lenta.ru about the agreement to establish a union. An agreement on the union of the two independent republics was signed. The establishment of New Russia does not mean the unification of the Lugansk and Donetsk People's Republics. This was stated by the head of the Lugansk Republic, Valery Bolotov. You are self-sufficient and independent - so Bolotow. Other areas can join this union in the coming period - if the referendums are held.
- ^ Donetsk, Lugansk People's Republics unite in Novorossiya . In: Voice of Russia , May 24, 2014.
- ↑ New Russia is finished , Gaseta.ru, May 20, 2015
- ↑ Russian-backed 'Novorossiya' breakaway movement collapses , Ukraine Today , May 20, 2015
- ↑ pro-Russian rebels call new state of in time online on 18 July 2017. Retrieved on July 18, 2017
- ↑ Gazeta.kz: Создававшаяся Новороссия оказалась Союзом народных республик ( Memento of the original from May 27, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Russia: Putin's “New Russian” Countervision , Die Presse, April 17, 2014; "Putin consistently referred to eastern Ukraine as" New Russia "".
- ↑ NEWSru.ua : Самопровозглашенные "ДНР" и "ЛНР" объединились в "Новороссию" ( Memento of the original from May 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Separatist areas unite to form "New Russia" ( Memento from May 25, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on May 24, 2014
- ↑ Утверждён официальный флаг Новороссии. Ранее он уже получил народное признание, а теперь и государственное. (Russian) , Novosti Donetskoy Respubliki. May 31, 2014. Archived from the original on May 31, 2014 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. .
- ↑ The Minister for DNR Kofman said that the project "New Russia" is finished, Inforesist, May 18, 2015
- ^ Eastern Ukraine: Oleg Zaryov becomes head of parliament of the “Union of the People's Republics of Donetsk and Lugansk” , website of RIA Novosti from June 26, 2014
- ↑ Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 810/2014 of the Council of 25 July 2014 implementing the Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014 of the Council on restrictive measures in the face of acts that undermine the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine or threaten . In: Official Journal of the European Union .
- ↑ Implementing Regulation (EU) No. 477/2014 of the Council of May 12, 2014 implementing Regulation (EU) No. 269/2014 on restrictive measures in the face of acts that undermine or threaten the territorial integrity, sovereignty and independence of Ukraine . In: Official Journal of the European Union. May 12, 2014.
- ↑ Russian Tanks and Fighters Enter Eastern Ukraine, Says Kiev Newsweek, March 30, 2015
- ^ Separatist fighter admits Russian tanks, troops 'decisive in eastern Ukraine battles' The Telegraph, March 31, 2015
- ^ Report in DW on the UN report
- ↑ Maxim Zmeyev: A pro-Russian separatist stands with the flag of Novorossiya (New Russia) nearby a rally in support of Novorossiya on Lenin Square in the center of Donetsk. In: Trust.org. July 13, 2014, accessed September 1, 2014 .
- ^ The siege rings around Donetsk and Luhansk are closing , NZZ, August 4, 2014
- ↑ "Kerry: Moscow lies in our faces" FAZ from February 25, 2015, viewed on February 25, 2015
