Imperialism was over, but only briefly, as post-Soviet states – Ukraine now in particular – know all-too well. Russia has annexed Crimea and Donbas in eastern Ukraine is overrun by Russian-backed separatists. It’s been 25 years since Ukraine declared independence, and Russia is again at its door.
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Bernd Johann: Moscow won’t let Ukraine go
Ukrainian servicemen take part in military parade rehearsal in the centre of Kyiv on August 19, 2016. Ukraine marks the 25th anniversary of its Independence on August 24, 2016.
For several days in August 1991, the world held its breath and turned its eyes to Moscow. Tanks were rolling through the streets of the capital. Some wanteo take down the reformer, General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, and snatch power away from him. They failed, and with them went the Soviet Union. A multinational state from Lviv, Ukraine, in the west to Vladivostok in the far east was established by force.
