German Chancellor Angela Merkel embarrassed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during his visit to Berlin this July by blowing off the dust from the Steinmeier formula, asserting she expects Ukraine to implement it in national legislation. This controversial proposal of German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier for resolving the conflict in Donbas caused nationwide protests in Ukraine in 2019. But what would actually happen if Ukraine would implement the formula? A new book by legal expert Yuri Shulipa draws up a forecast.
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Ukrainians shout slogans and hold signs which read "No to capitulation!" during their rally against signing "Steinmeier formula" by Ukrainian delegation in Minsk, on the Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine, on Oct. 6, 2019.
