<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>To this day, Ukraine is still experiencing difficult times both economically and politically. The economic and political crisis at the end of 2014, which led to the dismissal of President Yanukovich, meant that the territory of Crimea and, therefore, the port of Sevastopol as well, remained under Russian control. The new elections of 2019 carried a breath of fresh air and hope also for new relationships with Russia. The paper wants to photograph this situation and analyse the recent 2019 presidential elections.</p></abstract>

To this day, Ukraine is still experiencing difficult times both economically and politically. The economic and political crisis at the end of 2014, which led to the dismissal of President Yanukovich, meant that the territory of Crimea and, therefore, the port of Sevastopol as well, remained under Russian control. The new elections of 2019 carried a breath of fresh air and hope also for new relationships with Russia. The paper wants to photograph this situation and analyse the recent 2019 presidential elections.

Ukraine a country in crisis between Europe, Russia, and a complex electoral process

M. Kozybayev North Kazakhstan State University

Geopolitical, Social Security and Freedom Journal

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To this day, Ukraine is still experiencing difficult times both economically and politically. The economic and political crisis at the end of 2014, which led...

Ukraine a country in crisis between Europe, Russia, and a complex electoral process

Published Online: Jul 04, 2020

Page range: 87 - 119

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gssfj-2020-0007

Keywords
Ukraine, elections, political and economic system

© 2020 Alessandro Figus et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Ukraine a country in crisis between Europe, Russia, and a complex electoral process

Published Online: Jul 04, 2020

Page range: 87 - 119

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/gssfj-2020-0007

KeywordsUkraine, elections, political and economic system

© 2020 Alessandro Figus et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
Ukraine, elections, political and economic system