Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science, Psychology and Legal Regulation (SPL 2021)

Formation of Russian Policy Towards the Baltic Countries: Historical and Legal Lessons for Modern Ukraine

Authors
Oleksandr Ivanov*, ORCID, Yuriy IvanovORCID, Volodymyr OkipnyukORCID
National Academy of Security Service of Ukraine, Kyiv, Ukraine
Corresponding Author
Oleksandr Ivanov
Available Online 18 December 2021.
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211218.040How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Baltics; Russian expansion; falsification of history; limitrophs; Estonian community of the Crimea; exclave; Kaliningrad region
Abstract

The article considers the main factors that had created historical prerequisites for development of the Russian expansion in the Baltic States. The main directions of this process are highlighted both in retrospect and at the present stage. The problem of formation of the Estonian community in the Crimea during the times of the Russian Empire in the context of influence on the security aspects of the existence of modern Ukrainian statehood is outlined. The historical preconditions for the formation of the Russian status of the Kaliningrad region as an exclave are determined and the assessment of this phenomenon from the point of view of the stability of the current system of international relations is given. The peculiarities of the Kremlin propaganda’s use of falsified facts of the historical and legal reality of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia as an instrument of the hybrid war waged against these countries are listed. The factors of spreading Russian expansion in the Baltics are generalized for Ukraine to take into account in the form of a structural model with such basic blocks as: mythologizing the history of the Baltics; religious expansion; the economic importance of the Baltics for Russia; cultural and assimilation policy; foreign policy consolidation of the results of expansion.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Science, Psychology and Legal Regulation (SPL 2021)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
18 December 2021
ISBN
10.2991/assehr.k.211218.040
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/assehr.k.211218.040How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2021 The Authors. Published by Atlantis Press SARL.
Open Access
This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC license.

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