Table Of Content

1-POLITICAL HISTORY TIMELINE

6-RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIA

3-COMPARATIVE CHART

2-GEO POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE

Sachin Chaudhary

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HISTORY Although their northern neighbors disparagingly refer to Ukrainians as ‘little Rus-sians’, it was Ukraine that was home to the first eastern Slavic

state. So historically Ukraine is the birthplace of Russia rather than vice versa.

INDEPENDENCE

Ukraine first became independ-ent with the Ukrainian War of Independence of 1917 to 1921

20th Century Ukraine’s situation changed in the aftermath of the First World

War with the breaking down of both the Rus-sian and Austro-Hungarian empires its troubled history and lack of national de-fence made difficult

the emergence of a strong state able to cope with the instability of the period difficult.

1940-1950s Many Ukrainians initially formed a partisan move-ment. Some of the Ukrain-ian nationalist under-ground formed a Ukraini-an Insurgent Army that fought both Soviet forces

and the Nazi. Others collaborated with the Germans. In Volhynia, Ukrainian "fighters" committed a massacre against up to 100,000 Polish civilians. Residual small groups of the UPA-partizans acted near the Polish and Soviet border as long as to the 1950s.

Ukrainian Peoples Republic poster during Ukrainian War of Independ-ence, 1918.

With the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, Ukraine be-came an independent state, formalised with a referendum on December 1991.

on 1 December 1991 Ukrainian voters first presidential election elected Leonid Kravchuk..During his presidency the Ukrainian economy shrank by more than

10% per year

The presidency (1994-2005) of the 2nd President of Ukraine Leonid Kuchma was surrounded by numerous corruption scandals and the lessening of media freedoms; including the Cassette Scandal.

In November 2013, President Yanukovych did not sign the Ukraine–European Union Association Agreement and instead pursued closer ties with Russia. This move sparked protests on the streets of Kiev and, ultimately, the 2014 Ukraini-an revolution. Protesters set up camps in Kiev's Maidan Nezalezhnti and in Decem-ber 2013 and January 2014 protesters started taking over various government build-ings, first in Kiev and, later, in Western Ukraine. Battles between protesters and po-

lice resulted in about 80 deaths in February 2014.

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Ukraine is a huge country, and a huge country with a well-developed military industrial complex.

Number of key gas pipelines from Russia to Western Europe run through Ukraine. In pure economic terms, a shift to Russia would likely change the dynamics of how Western Europe is powered.

If Russia were to regain control over Ukraine with its 46 million people, major resources and access to the Black Sea, Russia would automatically regain the wherewithal to be-come a powerful imperial state.

Ukraine lies on the Eastern frontier of four EU member nations : Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania. For historical reasons, Lithuania Is also concerned. Except for the Orange Revolution in 2004 and the hosting of the Euro 2012 soccer competition , Ukraine has captured very little attention in France. Philippe de Suremain served as French Ambassador in Ukraine from 2002 to 2005, and regularly returns to the country. He begins by explaining that Ukraine is strategically im-portant for more than one reason, and then puts the Orange Revolution and its consequences in perspective. Finally, he sheds light on the current situation and draws our attention to the fundamentals, going forward, including demography.

As part of its interdisciplinary approach to geopolitical analysis, The Geopolitics of the European Union Borders, Where should expansion stop ?, illustrated by 20 color maps, published in France by Argos, 2013,

The Euro 2012 affair can almost be explained by a misunderstanding. The decision to partially stage the competition in

Ukraine was taken in the wake of the Orange Revolution at the end of 2004. The “elegant gesture” was above all geopo-

litical, aimed at delineating and tightening the bonds between the two countries and including Ukraine in the preoccupa-

tions and organization of the EU network infrastructures. In a word, the aim was to use sport to defend Ukraine’s explicit

but not then finalized candidature for EU accession. This bold gambit ended up in a fiasco as the political developments

in Kiev in recent years have not been those hoped for in Warsaw. Worse, the trial of Yulia Tymoshenko, one-time muse of

the Orange Revolution, even triggered calls to boycott Euro 2012 during the run-up to the competition, thereby spoiling

the June 2012 party, not only in Ukraine but also in Poland. The Tymoshenko affair is not only shameful but pathetically stupid. The behavior of President Victor Yanukovich has been suicidal ; it

is common knowledge that the case for the prosecution is empty. Why get bogged down in a trial that has all the appearance of personal vengeance, except to prove one’s authority and strength ?

Governing is about more than intimidation.

GEO POLITICAL SIGNIFICANCE

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Currency Ukraine - Ukrainian hryvnia

Human Development Index INDIA 0.586 Ukraine 0.734

FLAGS

Govt. Type Chief Executive Second Chief Executive GDP Avg .Sex Ratio (males/female)

Literacy Rate

INDIA Federal Re-public

Pranab Mukher-jee

Narendra Modi $2.07T 1.08 69.3%

UKRAINE Republic Petro Poroshenko Arseniy Yatsenyuk $132B 0.85 99.7%

Forest Area

23.11%

16.84%

India– Indian Rupee

COMPARATIVE CHART

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India GDP 1,498.87 USD (2013)

Ukraine GDP 177.4 billion USD (2013) Between Ukraine and India India has a higher GDP Ukraine has a higher GDP per capita Ukraine has a lower unemployment rate Ukraine has higher current account balance

GDP per capita Ukraine $7,500 INDIA $3,900

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Year/country 2011 2012 2013 2014

India 8.9 9.3 10.9 6.4

Ukraine 8.0 0.6 -0.3 12.2

INFLATION

FINANCIALS OIL & GAS RETAIL

ASKA Insurance, ESTA holding, KDD Group, BG Capital HDFC , ICICI Prudet, Reliance Capital, Birla Sun Life

UKRAINE INDIA

Institute Of Oil Transporting , UkrTransNafta Indian Oil Corp., ONGC, Bharat Petroleum, Reliance petroleum Ltd.

MAJOR INDUSTRIES & COMPANIES

EpiCentre K, home improvement/gardening, Fozzy Group Reliance Retail Ltd., ITC-LRBD, Trent Ltd. MC’d , Pantaloons

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Bilateral agreements More than 17 bilateral agreements have been signed be-tween India and Ukraine, including agreements on Co-operation in Science and Tech., Foreign Office Consultation, Co-operation in Space Re-

search, Avoidance of Double Taxation and Promotion and Protection of Investments.

Political relations

Friendly relations with Ukraine. Ukraine has been positively co-operating with India at the in-ternational level . Ukraine supports the resolution of the issue of Jammu & Kashmir on the ba-sis of Simla agreement. Ukraine also supports reforms of the UN structure.

INDICATORS 2012 2013 2014 2015

Trade Turnover 3312 2813.2 2472,6 1444,1

Export 2291 1974,7 1815,8 1444,1

Import 1021 838,5 656.7 442,9

Balance +1270 +1136,3 +1159,0 +1001,2

TRADE RELATIONS The major export commodity items of Ukraine to India: fats and oils of vegetable origin; ferrous metallurgy; nu-clear reactors, boilers and machinery; fertilizers; inor-ganic chemistry. The major import commodity items of India to Ukraine: pharmaceutical products; organic chemicals; plastics and polymers; ferrous metals and articles thereof; tobacco and manufactured tobacco substitutes.

RELATIONSHIP WITH INDIA