Russia and Ukraine: Four Scenarios for the Future

..., and the more acute the crisis, the faster it moves towards a resolution. It would appear that in five years, the future of Russia–Ukraine relations should have taken definite shape, as should have the future of Ukraine itself. Today, however, the ... ... “failed state,” did not declare a default on its foreign debt, and did not abandon its course for a liberal market economy. The Minsk agreements are, for the most part, not being implemented. People in Donbass continue to die, but there is no major military escalation in the east of Ukraine: the Donbass militia did not attempt ...