7. § 6.2 Unity and division in Europa

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Explain with examples how the international balance of power is changing in Europe.

Deepening

map of Europe 1998

map of Europe 2008

Nieuwe machtsverhoudingen

• Grote veranderingen in Midden- en Oost-Europa.

• Veel onafhankelijke landen
  Uiteenvallen Tjecho-Slowakije en Joegoslavië

• Onder Poetin trekt Rusland weer aan Oost-Europese landen.
  

•     Major changes in Central and Eastern Europe.
•     Many independent countries
•     Breakup of Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia
•     Under Putin, Russia again draws on Eastern European countries.

international power relationships change in Europe

Return as a world power

In the 1990s, the situation in Russia was dramatically poor. . The Soviet empire had disintegrated and the economy was at a standstill.

In 2000 Vladimir Putin

became president. He felt

the decline was unbearable

and  and wanted to make

Russia a strong state, that

was internationally respected.

In order to get the economy going, he carried out far-reaching reforms. With the proceeds, he reinforced the army. In this way, he restored Russia's position of power from before.

An authoritarian regime
In Putin's Russia, there is little room for criticism. Critics of the regime, such as Navalny, were/are often arrested and imprisoned. Putin opts for an authoritarian style of government: authority lies with him and his confidants. Elections are held regularly, but opponents of the regime do not get a fair chance. The state monitors the media and forces them to support Putin.

Uprising in Ukraine
Putin doesn't want the West to have any influence in Russia's neighbouring countries. When Ukraine wanted to conclude a treaty with the EU, Putin was vehemently opposed to it. He put pressure on the Ukrainian president not to sign the treaty. But when he refused to sign, a bloody uprising broke out in Kiev. The Ukrainian president was deposed and a pro-Western government took over.

Annexation of Crimea

Putin found the change of power in Ukraine unacceptable. He wanted to punish the country and show the world that Russia would not allow itself to be overrun.

As a target he chose Crimea: a peninsula in the Black Sea, which Russia had given to Ukraine in 1954. In early 2014, Russian military forces took over power there. Here you see them at a blockade. A year later, Crimea was incorporated into Russia.

The disaster with flight MH-17
Simultaneously with the crisis in the Crimea, an uprising broke out in Eastern Ukraine. The rebels were assisted by Russian military.



On 17 July 2014, a passenger plane flying over on its way to Malaysia was hit by an anti-aircraft missile. The photo shows a fragment of the aircraft. 298 people lost their lives, including 196 Dutch citizens. According to investigators, Russian soldiers had fired the missile, but Putin rejected any responsibility.

With Putin's rise to power, you could actually say that ...

the tension between the Western and Eastern Bloc is back!

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