GEOG 1000 Lecture 15: Defending Borders: Migration and the Mediterranean
6 May 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
GEOG 1000
November 1, 2017
Defending Borders: Migration and the Mediterranean
Energy Policy
● Bloc loyalty - western Nations and with the US, Eastern nation and Russian loyalty
● Free market loyalty - Russia welcomed to the capitalist world system
● Territorial Security - began in 2004; we built gas pipelines due to this loyalty, a lot of
these pipelines pass through the Ukraine - have become unreliable capitalist partners
Ukraine
● Major transit country for energy supplies
● 2006 gas crisis, argument with the price of oil and gas with Russia; Hungary,
Germany, Italy, all had gas shortages
● 2009, Russia stopped supplying oil and gas to the Ukraine
● 2014, Ukraine shut down supplies
● The production of electricity is dependant upon oil and gas
● Increasing insecurity
● A multicultural state
○ Three quarters claim to be Ukrainian
○ 17% claim to be Russian
○ 4.6% other
● Crimea
○ 58.3% Russia
○ 12% Crimean Tartar
○ 24.3% Ukrainian
● Reflected through language, western half claims Ukrainian as their language and the
eastern half claims to Russian as their language
○ Eastern half agricultural, West half industrial
○ West half supported losing candidate
Crimea - Disputed Area
● 1783 - Annexed by Russia from Ottomans Empire
● 1921 - Crimean Soviet Republic - became independent - Stalin suppressed Crimean
Tartar
● 1945 - Annexed by Russian Soviet Republic
● 1954 - Gave Crimea to the Ukraine
● 1991 - autonomous republic within Ukraine - equivalent to a province
Crimea Annexed
● Dec. 2013 - Feb. 2014: Ukraine anti-government protests
● Feb. 26 2014: Crimea occupied by soldiers wearing no identifying markers, every
tank and vehicle unmarked, over time Russia began talking about a referendum
● Mar. 16, 2014: Crimea referendum
● Mar. 18, 2014: Russia annexed Crimea, Putin makes an appearance
Document Summary
Bloc loyalty - western nations and with the us, eastern nation and russian loyalty. Free market loyalty - russia welcomed to the capitalist world system. Territorial security - began in 2004; we built gas pipelines due to this loyalty, a lot of these pipelines pass through the ukraine - have become unreliable capitalist partners. 2006 gas crisis, argument with the price of oil and gas with russia; hungary, 2009, russia stopped supplying oil and gas to the ukraine. The production of electricity is dependant upon oil and gas. Reflected through language, western half claims ukrainian as their language and the eastern half claims to russian as their language. 1783 - annexed by russia from ottomans empire. 1921 - crimean soviet republic - became independent - stalin suppressed crimean. 1945 - annexed by russian soviet republic. 1954 - gave crimea to the ukraine. 1991 - autonomous republic within ukraine - equivalent to a province.
