Ukraine: Current Issues and U.S. Policy

ukraine : Current Issues and Policy Vincent L. Morelli Section Research Manager January 3, 2017 Congressional Research Service 7-5700 RL33460 ukraine : Current Issues and Policy Congressional Research Service Summary November 2016 marked the third anniversary of the popular uprising that erupted in Kyiv s Maidan Square in late 2013 over the government s decision to reject closer relations with the European Union (EU). February 2017 will mark the third anniversary of the collapse of the Kremlin-favored government of Viktor Yanukovych. The regime s demise was brought about by bitter protests and by civil society s reaction to a brutal government response to the Maidan protestors. In the aftermath of the turmoil of the Maidan and the collapse of the government, ukraine saw the emergence of a pro-Western government promising reform and generally anxious to lessen Moscow s influence, as well as an energized civil society committed to pressing for the implementation of serious reform measures and determined to draw closer to the EU and the United States.

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