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Annexation Of Crimea By The Russian Federation
In February and March 2014, Russia invaded the Crimea, Crimean Peninsula, part of Ukraine, and then annexed it. This took place in the relative power vacuum immediately following the Revolution of Dignity. It marked the beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War. The Revolution of Dignity, events in Kyiv that Revolution of Dignity#Removal of Yanukovych, ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych on 22 February 2014 sparked both pro-Russian and anti-separatism Timeline of the 2014 Crimean crisis#February 23, demonstrations in Crimea. At the same time, Russian president Vladimir Putin told his security chiefs to begin work on "returning Crimea to Russia". On 27 February, Little green men (Russo-Ukrainian War), Russian special forces without insignia seized strategic sites across Crimea. Russia at first denied involvement, but Putin later admitted that they were Russian troops. As the armed men Capture of the Crimean Parliament, occupied Crimea's parliament, it dismissed the Council ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russo-Ukrainian War
The Russo-Ukrainian War began in February 2014 and is ongoing. Following Ukraine's Revolution of Dignity, Russia Russian occupation of Crimea, occupied and Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexed Crimea from Ukraine. It then supported Russian separatist forces in Ukraine, Russian paramilitaries who began a War in Donbas, war in the eastern Donbas region against Ukraine's military. In 2018, Ukraine declared the region to be Russian-occupied territories of Ukraine, occupied by Russia. These first eight years of conflict also included List of Black Sea incidents involving Russia and Ukraine, naval incidents and Russo-Ukrainian cyberwarfare, cyberwarfare. In February 2022, Russia launched a Russian invasion of Ukraine, full-scale invasion of Ukraine and began occupying more of the country, starting the biggest conflict in Europe since World War II. The war has resulted in a Ukrainian refugee crisis, refugee crisis and hundreds of thousands of deaths. In early 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Dyumin
Aleksey Gennadyevich Dyumin (; born 28 August 1972) is a Russian politician serving as Secretary of the State Council (Russia), State Council since 2024. Previously, he served as the chief security guard and assistant of Russian president Vladimir Putin before being promoted to lead the Russian military's Special Operations Forces (Russia), Special Operations Forces, where he oversaw the Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, annexation of Crimea in 2014. The following year, he became Ministry of Defence (Russia), Deputy Minister of Defense. From 2016 to 2024, he served as the Governor of Tula Oblast. He holds the rank of lieutenant general and was awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation. Early life and education Aleksey Dyumin was born August 28, 1972, in Kursk. His father, Gennady Vasilyevich Dyumin, is a military medic and general, who heads the 4th Department of the Main Military Medical Department of the Ministry of Defence (Russia), Ministry of Defence ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Andriy Parubiy
Andriy Volodymyrovych Parubiy (; born 31 January 1971) is a Ukraine, Ukrainian politician who served as the Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, the Ukrainian parliament, from 14 April 2016 to 29 August 2019. He previously served as Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, appointed after the Euromaidan protests in the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, until his resignation on August 7, 2014.Poroshenko signs decree dismissing Parubiy as NSDC secretary Interfax-Ukraine (August 7, 2014) Education In 1994 he graduated from the faculty of history of University of Lviv, receiving a diploma in the specialty "historian, teacher of history". In 2001 he graduated from the graduate school of the State University Lvi ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentyn Nalyvaichenko
Valentyn Oleksandrovych Nalyvaichenko (; born 8 June 1966) is a Ukrainian diplomat and politician. On 24 February 2014, the Verkhovna Rada (Ukrainian parliament) appointed Nalyvaichenko the Head of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), on 18 June 2015 he was relieved of the office. From December 2006 until early March 2010 he had already headed the SBU. Nalyvaichenko was placed at number 3 on the electoral list of UDAR during the 2012 Ukrainian parliamentary election.Klitschko’s UDAR approves party ticket (1 August 2012) He was elected into parliament. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arsen Avakov
Arsen Borysovych Avakov (, ; born 2 January 1964) is a Ukrainian politician of Armenian descent who served as the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine from 2014 to 2021. He was the Chairman of the Kharkiv Regional State Administration from 2005 to 2010, a member of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine from 2007 to 2008 and from 2014 to 2021 and a member of the Verkhovna Rada from 2012 to 2014. Outside politics, Avakov was a member of Euro 2012 Organizing Committee in 2007 and a member of the National Union of Journalists of Ukraine. He was awarded the Honored Economist of Ukraine in 2007. Biography Origin Avakov was born on 2 January 1964 in Kirov settlement (now Yeni Surahany), Baku to a military family. He is of Armenian descent. And of Armenian Apostolic faith Since 1966 he has been permanently residing in Ukraine. Citizen of Ukraine. Education and career In 1988 he graduated from the Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute with a degree in Autom ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Serhiy Hayduk
Serhiy Anatoliyovych Hayduk (; born 25 July 1963) is a Ukrainian Vice Admiral and a former commander of the Ukrainian Navy.Poroshenko dismissed the commander of the navy (15 April 2016) Career Before becoming commander of the Ukrainian Navy, Hayduk held the staff position in charge of anti-submarine warfare, the position of chief of operations, and was the first deputy chief of staff of the navy. In 2007, he prevented an environmental disaster from ensuing when the leaky Russian vesse ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mykhailo Kutsyn
Mykhailo Mykolayovych Kutsyn (; born 15 August 1957) is a Ukrainian Lieutenant General, who served as a Chief of the General Staff (Ukraine), Chief of the General Staff and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.Ukraine's new defence minister promises Crimea victory BBC News (3 July 2014) Ukrinform (3 July 2014) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ihor Tenyukh
Ihor Yosypovych Tenyukh (; born 23 May 1958) is a former Ukrainian admiral and Svoboda party member. He was the commander of the Ukrainian Navy from 2006 until 2010 when dismissed by Viktor Yanukovych. Tenyukh fully supported the 2013–2014 uprising, and was appointed Minister of Defense of Ukraine in February 2014. After and because of accusations of indecision in the face of the Russian invasion of Crimea, he resigned on 25 March 2014. Biography Tenyukh graduated from the Frunze Higher Naval School, Leningrad in 1979 and began his career as a torpedo boat officer.. In 1982 he underwent submarine training and became an officer of the submarine branch, mainly working in Kilo-class submarines. From 1983 to 1991, he rose through the ranks of commander of coastal mine-sweeper, executive officer of, then commander of seagoing mine-sweeper, chief of the armament and equipment stores department on a mine and anti-submarine armament base. He was for a time attached to training a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arseniy Yatsenyuk
Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk (born 22 May 1974) is a Ukrainian politician, economist and lawyer who served two terms as Prime Minister of Ukraine – from 27 February 2014 to 27 November 2014 and from 27 November 2014 to 14 April 2016. He was the youngest foreign affairs minister in Ukraine's history. Arseniy Yatsenyuk holds a diplomatic rank of Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary Ambassador. Yatsenyuk's first government post was as Minister of Economy from 2005 to 2006; subsequently he was Foreign Minister of Ukraine in 2007 and Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada (parliament) from 2007 to 2008. Yatsenyuk was one of the leaders of Ukraine's second largest party All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland", [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oleksandr Turchynov
Oleksandr Valentynovych Turchynov (, ; born 31 March 1964) is a Ukrainians, Ukrainian politician, screenwriter, Baptists in Ukraine, Baptist minister and economist. He is the former Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine. In 2005, Turchynov served as the head of the Security Service of Ukraine. Turchynov is a former Acting (law), acting President of Ukraine from the 2014 Ukrainian revolution, removal from power of President Viktor Yanukovych on 21 February 2014, until Petro Poroshenko was sworn in as Ukrainian President on 7 June 2014. He then became Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada, Chairman of the Ukrainian Parliament until 27 November 2014. Turchynov also served as acting Prime Minister of Ukraine, Prime Minister in 2010 (when he was the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, First Vice Prime Minister in the absence of a prime minister after Yulia Tymoshenko's Second Tymoshenko Government, government was dismissed on 3 March 2010) until the Verkhovna R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alexey Chaly
Aleksei Mikhailovich Chaly (; born 13 June 1961) is a businessman and the former ''de facto'' mayor of Sevastopol in 2014. He declared himself as mayor in February 2014, amidst the Crimean crisis, after the resignation of Volodymyr Yatsuba, the mayor appointed by Viktor Yanukovych. With Chaly as mayor, Sevastopol participated in the March 2014 referendum, which was followed by the formal annexation of Crimea by Russia. On 1 April 2014, he was appointed as the governor of Sevastopol by Russia. On 14 April, he was replaced by Sergey Menyaylo. Biography Chaly was born on 13 June 1961 in Moscow to students of the Moscow Power Engineering Institute. Parents: inventor and scientist Michail Chaly, mother Alevtina Chalaya, Candidate of Engineering, university professor. Grandson to Soviet vice-admiral Vasily Chaly, hero of the Great Patriotic War, Commander-In-Chief of the Black Sea Squadron (1956–1961). The family moved to Sevastopol, Ukrainian SSR when he was one year old. Cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rustam Temirgaliev
Rustam Ilmirovich Temirgaliev (, , ) is the Director General Russia-China Investment Fund for Regional Development since August 8, 2018. He previously held the position of Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. Biography He was born on August 15, 1976, in Ulan-Ude, Russian SFSR. His father Ilmir Nasikhovich Temirgaliev moved to Crimea in 1983, after finishing his military service in the Group of Soviet Forces in Germany. In Crimea, Rustam Temirgaliev finished high school in the village of Perevalne. In 1998 Temirgaliev graduated from the Kyiv National Economic University. After studying he worked as a teacher of economic policy in the Crimean Institute of Economy and Administrative Law. In 2002-03 Temirgaliev worked for the State Innovation Company. In 2003-05 he was a member of the Crimean republican government and in 2003-04 he was a deputy chairman of the Committee on Affairs of Family and Youth. In 2005-09 Temirgaliev continued ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
