PSC 203 Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Josip Broz Tito, Crimea
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The chechnyan civil war: a civil war started in the russian providence of chechnya in 1994, boris yeltsin"s government struggled to deal with rebel groups in the caucus due to. Putin and the russian orthodox church: putin helped revive the russian orthodox church and promoted very conservative christian values to increase his popularity. Implemented harsh laws against the lgbt community as well as suppression of muslim minority groups: uses religious rhetoric and scare tactics to keep citizens into supporting his rule. Putin wanted to stop the expansion of nato into georgia. In 2014, russia invaded in the eastern part of ukraine and the crimean peninsula on the grounds that ukraine"s post-exit government were abusing ethnic minorities. Russia & ukraine reading questions: what were the political, economic, and social causes of the conflict in ukraine, nato wanted ukraine to join with the goal of ukraine democratizing and joining the eu.
