Conflict between West and Russia in the Shape of Orange and Blue Revolutions in Ukraine

Subject Areas : International Relations

Habibollah AbolhassanShirazi ¹ (Associate Professor of Islamic Azad University, Central Tehran Branch)

Received: 2015-05-12 Accepted : 2015-05-12 Published : 2014-11-22

Keywords: Ukraine, Orange Revolution, Blue Revolution, West, Russia,

Abstract :

With appearance of the Orange Revolution in Ukrainein2004, although the political system did not change however a shift of power with in the government occurred by the "Regions of Ukraine" party on the blue revolution in 2010 under the pro-Russian leadership of "Yanakvvych" and was replaced by the common West led way of "Purshnkev" and "Tymoshenko". This shift of power thatwasviolentonce again showed the gapbetweentheEastUkrainewho is pro-Russian andWestUkraine who are thepro-union membershipinEurope andhavingclose relationswithAmerica in further shape. Western countries andRussia havesoughtto attractUkraine.But whileMoscow considered NATO's presence andEuropean Union in its bordersas a threatandis willing topayenormouseconomic and political expenses in order toprevent this from happening, butEuropeanUnion is notprepared topay fortheabsorptionof this country. It seemsKievinsupportoftheEuropeanUniontowardsRussiahaslost hope andwantedWashington presence which hasatougherstancetowardUkraine's crisis.This paperis also attempting todescribetwoblue andorangerevolutionsin Ukraine,the roots of theconflictsexistingin the countryatthree national, regionalandinternational levels andthecompetitivenessof the West andRussiain Ukrainewillbe reviewed andanalyzed.