In September 2022, Ukraine took a significant step in the
fight against the invading Russian forces by expelling them from several
regions that had been under military occupation for months. It was a successful
offensive that showed that the Ukrainian army is well-armed and trained for
offensive actions. However, Russia was not satisfied and warned that it would
respond with all the weapons in the Russian arsenal, including nuclear weapons,
if Ukraine dared to advance on Crimea. Crimea is a highly coveted territory due
to its strategic position at the northern end of the Black Sea and has changed
hands several times throughout history. Since 1783, Crimea belonged to the
Russian empire, but in 1945 it lost its autonomy and became an oblast of
Russia.
In 1954, Crimea was transferred to Ukraine, according to the
decree on the transfer of Crimea from Russia to Ukraine. The reason for the
transfer, as stated in the decree, was the close ties between the region and
the Ukrainian territory, particularly economic and cultural ties between the
people and territories. This helps to explain why, when the Soviet Union
dissolved in 1991, Crimea remained as an oblast of Ukraine, formally
integrating into the Ukrainian territory.
Crimea, as part of Ukraine, was recognized by Russia in two
treaties signed by Boris Yeltsin. In 2003, two more recognition treaties were
signed by the Russian government, this time by Putin himself. Despite this
recognition, in 2014, after the fall of pro-Russian Ukrainian president Viktor
Yanukovych, Putin ordered the first Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian forces
left Sebastopol and invaded government buildings, blocking access between
Crimea and Ukraine. The formal annexation took place on March 18, 2014.
Since the annexation, Putin has implemented a rigorous
process of Russification in Crimea, replacing the citizenship of local
residents who became Russians in just three months, and invested heavily in
major infrastructure, notably the Crimean Bridge over the Kerch Strait, which
now connects Crimea directly to Russian territory.
Crimea has always been considered a Russian territory by
Vladimir Putin. The annexation of Crimea represented, for some, the first
Russian expansionist action, culminating in a second invasion eight years
later. After the invasion of Crimea, Putin made a great effort to fully
integrate Crimea, with multimillion-dollar investments in infrastructure and
connection works with Russia, including the construction of a physical bridge.
As a result, the majority of the Russian population considers Crimea as an
integral part of Russia, despite it being taken by force.
In this sense, the loss of Crimea would be very traumatic
for the Russians, calling into question Putin's ability to control political
forces that are vital for his political survival, favoring the resurgence of
internal separatist groups. Imagine a fragmentation of Russia. According to the
Russian protocol to authorize the use of nuclear weapons, only when the
existence of Russia is at risk would the use of these weapons be justified.
That is why Russia threatens to use nuclear weapons to prevent the loss of
Crimea, and if we follow the reasoning we have developed so far, this threat does
not seem totally unrealistic.
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