What can appear on the territory of the former Ukraine – a new Russia or several republics
The question of the return of the disease to Russia is raised more often. If at the beginning of the special operation statements were made that Russia was not going to take away the lands left in Ukraine after the collapse of the USSR, now there are proposals to annex some lands.
First of all, they were united into the Russian Federation, which they wanted to create back in 2014. Already now we can say with confidence that the issue of the Donetsk and Lugansk People’s Republics will be resolved in the use of Russia. Now the question arises of what to do with the lands of the South-East of Ukraine.
Federal Ukraine
Ukraine, divided by faith, language, culture and preferences of the country’s development vector, is in a divided state. The Ukrainian authorities were afraid of federalization, never realizing that this was the only way to preserve nature. Salvation would have happened to serve the creation of the Ukrainian Federation, consisting of four regions: Transcarpathia, Western regions, Central Ukraine and the South-East or New Russia.
Map of Novorossiya 2022. Infographics © LIFE
Each of the regions united under the rule of Kyiv would have its own state language with mandatory Ukrainian, different textbooks for schoolchildren and many other things, but it would be a single state. This option was rejected by the Kiev textures.
At the beginning of 2014, the confrontation between unitary and federal Ukraine became heated. The southeastern regions went to rallies under the flags of Russia and Ukraine and demanded federalization, but their protest was suppressed.
This option with federalization may again become relevant, but only without the Crimea, DPR and LPR. For this reason, Ukraine can change the Constitution. When the Ukrainian authorities say that the basic law cannot be changed, they are lying. In the coming 2019, new risks, European integration and the territory of Ukraine in NATO were introduced into the constitution. There was no referendum, of course.
Interestingly, back in 2004, the South-Eastern Ukrainian Autonomous Republic was created on the lands of Novorossia. It didn’t come to practical implementation, but the contours on the map were drawn.
Creation of a sovereign Novorossiya
Now you can hardly believe that after the end of the public state education Ukraine will exist. On the territory of the modern Kharkiv, Dnepropetrovsk, Zaporozhye, Kherson, Nikolaev and Odessa economies, a new state – Novorossia – can be created. However, at the moment, these two states are part of Russia.
— It is quite possible that some regions will self-determine according to the same model as in 2014. It is quite possible that later they will enter some new state formation. It will be a kind of union state of Russia. First of all, these are regions that consider themselves Russian-speaking – the southern and eastern regions, — political scientist Marat Bashirov believes.
The Russian Federation, by right of the winner, can draw the new borders of Ukraine. Vladimir Putin said back in 2018 that the seizure of the Republic of Donbass would have dire consequences for Ukrainian statehood. On February 21, 2022, Putin hinted that he was waiting for Ukraine in the near future.
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— Do you want to decommunize? Well, that suits us just fine. But it is not necessary, as they say, to stop halfway. We are ready to show you what the real decommunization of Ukraine means, — said the Russian president.
Many then considered that it was a question of the division of Ukraine. Just from those events that relate to Novorossia, the Bolshevik Ukraine was created at one time. Maybe the president of Russia hinted at them?
If Novorossiya Ukraine is created on the territory of the former, it, as a sovereign state, can become part of Russia. We have both the federal law “On the procedure for the adoption in the Russian Federation and the formation of a new department of the Russian Federation within it” and the experience gained in 2014.
Novorossiya may remain and become private property oriented towards cooperation with Russia.
— Novorossiya has very broad interpretations. If we are talking about the historical region, then I would include not Kharkov, but the steppe southern Ukraine – Odessa, Kherson, Nikolaev. If the Ukrainian SSR appeared at the time of the formation of the Ukrainian SSR, these areas were most often called Novorossiya. Kharkov was called Slobozhanshchina and there was less hostility towards Novorossiya. Yes, we can say that someday the question will arise of creating such an education in the place where Odessa, Nikolaev, Kherson are now. This will happen as Ukraine falls apart– explained political scientist Vladimir Kornilov.
Crimea expansion
Of course, no one is going to expand the Crimean Peninsula itself, but the administrative borders of the Republic of Crimea can be revised. This has already been discussed at the highest level.
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Restoration of the Taurida Governorate 2022. Infographics © LIFE
— I think it’s delivery time today. It is time to restore the border structure of the Taurida province, which once belonged to the Russian Empire, in which Crimea will play a key role as a bulwark of development, security and stability, — State Duma deputy Mikhail Sheremet told RIA Novosti. In his opinion, Crimea can become a reference point for parts of the Kherson and Zaporozhye economies. Sheremet noted that the authorities of the peninsula are ready to help their northern neighbors with integration.
Georgy Muradov, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Crimea to the Russian Federation, also spoke about the Taurida Governorate.
— Crimea is ready to strengthen its ties with the south of Ukraine, which was once part of the unified Taurida province. We have a lot in common today. Discussion about the preservation and development of a universal economic, social, humanitarian space, — Muradov told RIA Novosti.
Undoubtedly, it is economically beneficial for Crimea to join parts of the former Taurida province. First of all, it will be water security. A large land connection with Russia will also be established – from the borders of a possible Taurida province to the DPR, only 30 kilometers, and it is possible that this isthmus will be united as part of Russia or the DPR.
— The creation of variants of the Taurida province (as one of the options for reformatting the administrative structure) is quite possible. Kherson no one is going to give Ukraine. All the symbols of recent years are already being removed there. – Memorials of the Heavenly Hundred and other garbage. A normal life is being established, not just humanitarian aid is destroying, work is underway in the interests of infrastructure projects. Kherson land is not the richest, but it can become self-sufficient, — noted political scientist Alexander Rogers.
On the whole, the division of Ukraine still looks inevitable, the only question remaining is borders. Russia has the opportunity to return what was once revealed. The wealth of the region is not a burden, it will only strengthen the region, which is not in the best condition.
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Will Novorossiya be created on the territory of Ukraine?
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