Russian Spring: The Two Year Anniversary of Crimea’s Reunification with Russia

The 18th of March is the day of Crimea’s reunification with Russia. On this day two years ago, the Hall of the Order of St. George of the Grand Kremlin Palace in Moscow hosted the leaders of Russia and the Republic of Crimea to sign an interstate agreement, under which Crimea officially became part of the Russian Federation.
To commemorate the day of Crimea’s official reunification with Russia, Tsargrad TV is organizing a live broadcast, “Russian Spring 2.0,” which features journalists from around Russia and abroad covering related events.

Euromaidan: The Dramatic Split of Ukraine

In November 2013, massive protests known as the “Euromaidan” began in the center of Kiev and would continue for several months. The protests were a response to the Azarov government’s postponement of preparations for signing the European Union Association Agreement. Various forces against social injustice and corruption joined the protests and the scenario of the Orange Revolution began to be realized. These protests, including extremist ultra-nationalist organizations such as Right Sector were passed off in Western media headlines as the “will of the Ukrainian people on the square” against the “criminal oligarchic government of Yanukovych.” The tension between the “people” and their government was deliberately exacerbated. Less than a month after the beginning of the protests, the protesters’ camp on Independence Square in Kiev was visited by US Assistant Secretary of State Victoria Nuland, who expressed support for the opposition and demonstrators.

Police and protesters clashed regularly, hatred towards the Ukrainian government was fanned in every way possible, including by publishing corruption investigations of Yankovich’s government in Western media, and administrative buildings were occupied. In January, 2013, Kiev authorities recognized that Ukraine was in a state of emergency.

In February 2013, the situation was sharply aggravated when the opposition demanded an immediate return to the parliamentary-presidential form of government with the restoration of the 2004 constitution. On February 22, the Rada dismissed Yanukovych from power and the new government quickly gained the EU and the US’ recognition. Neo-Nazi organizations gained strength in both Kiev and other regions (particularly in the West) as Ukraine tottered on the brink of economic disaster.

For the US and the West in general, any union of Russia and Ukraine represents the main threat to American ideology and the formation of a strong tellurocratic geopolitical pole capable of opposing America’s unipolar doctrine.

The Maidan blocked the possibility of reviving the Eurasian Empire, but it did not go according to the plan of the West. The fire of the Russian Spring broke out across Southeastern Ukraine.

Reunification

The South-East did not agree with the way that the Western world viewed and sought to use Ukraine. Thus, the Russian world stood up against the West, and Crimea became a symbol of this struggle.

On March 16, 2014, Crimea held a referendum which showed that 96.77% of Crimeans and 95.6% of Sevastopol residents were in favor of reuniting Crimea with Russia. On March 21, after the State Duma and the Federation Council had adopted all necessary legislation, Vladimir Putin signed a law joining Crimea and Sevastopol with the Russian Federation. Thus, the long-standing desire of Crimeans, the citizens of Sevastopol, and the Russian people in general to reunite their country and people was realized. The other regions of Novorossiya are still waiting to be liberated and the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics are striving to reunify with Russia.

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Russian Spring: The Two Year Anniversary of Crimea’s Reunification with Russia