If you question the strategic location of Ukraine, check out this map
that Agence France-Presse made last in December — two months before
protesters in Kiev forced President Viktor Yanukovych out of office.
Russia has now invaded the strategic Black Sea peninsula of Crimea, and markets are spooked at the possibility that Russian troops that are being built up on the border could enter eastern Ukraine.
As the international tug-of-war for
Ukraine continues, the tension involving economic relations in the
region — especially regarding gas flow from Russia to both Ukraine and
Europe — will increase.
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