Conflict management in the Donbas: The elections that could not be
- Autores: Anna Korbut
- Localización: Notes internacionals CIDOB, ISSN-e 2013-4428, Nº. 241, 2020, págs. 1-6
- Idioma: inglés
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Resumen
On the ground, there have been no substantial changes that allowed plans for democratic elections in the occupied Donbas. A more favorable scenario on elections there would be to have a transition period after the establishment of solid security conditions and Ukraine gets nearly 400km of its border with Russia back under its control.
The longer the occupied territories remain under control of the Kremlin and the selfdeclared “authorities”, the more the demographic, economic and societal context changes in that part of Ukraine preventing a long term peace.
The fundamental conflict between the end goals of Ukraine and Russia remains in place. Moscow and its Donbas proxies seek to legitimize facts on the ground created through Russia’s aggression, and make constructive reintegration of it nearly impossible.
Russia has not come to terms with Ukraine’s independence and its choices as a sovereign state, nor has it changed its behavior in any tangible terms.
