Politics in the United States of America
Introduction
This paper seeks to research on Americans interest in Crimea with regard to the sanctions that have been attached to Russia recently by President Barrack Obama of the United States. Several banks have been blacklisted by the US government following the Russian infiltrations in Ukraine (Fisher 13). Majority of Russian businessmen in the United States who have close links with Vladimir Putin have been expelled from the country. President Obama has also come with strategies to tame some parts of the Russian economy comprising both the oil and gas industries, which form a bunch of Russians export (Fisher 23). According to President Barack Obama, the action would interfere with the global economy but would restrict threatening movements by Russian military in Ukraine. The US government is imposing costs to Russia as a result of the concluded referendum (Fisher 27). The war of words between the two Presidents has caused anxieties through the two countries. Russia through its parliament has since claimed some parts of Crimea especially Sevastopol city. The tussle circumnavigating around Crimea has cost the Russian stock market with Russian influential businessmen getting more affected. It is in the public knowledge that the businessmen have close ties with the Russian President Vladimir Putin (Fisher 42).
Brief description of Crimea
Crimea is a nation found on the peninsula of northern coast of Black sea. It is an independent Russian speaking country of Ukraine. Crimea was repeatedly occupied and colonized by the Romans, Huns, Byzantine Empire and the Greeks. A brief history of the Republic of Crimea indicates that Russia dominated power for over 200 years in Crimea by annexing ...
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...ons charter. There must be political goodwill to safeguard these fundamental territorial rights. It is not further from the truth that Russia has set a very bad example to the rest of the world, which will make it difficult to counter future territorial conflicts.
Conclusion
The current trend of happenings may lead to the rockiest time between the Russia and United States since the collapse of Soviet Union in 1991.Despite the fact Russians saying that Americans may say that borders are untouchable; there have been cases that America has stood for self-determination.
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