Relevant Documents as to the Invasion of Ukraine

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General Policy Background Documents  (imbedded links)

• ·        RUSSIA'S WAR ON UKRAINE 'What is Ukraine . . . and Why Didn't I Know That?"

• ·        ACTIONS TO BE TAKEN VIS-À-VIS RUSSIA IN THE EVENT OF FURTHER RUSSIAN AGGRESSION

• ·        The 1994 Budapest Memorandum - PROMISES MADE – PROMISES BROKEN -- And the Consequences of Silence

• ·        UABA STATEMENT ON THE PARLIAMENTARY EVENTS IN UKRAINE  OF FEBRUARY 22, 2014

• ·        Statement of the Public Commission to Investigate Human Rights Violations in Ukraine

• ·        UABA Position Paper Issues, Illusions and measures in American Relations With Ukraine and Russia  

• ·        AMERICA’S-- AND EUROPE’S-- BLOODY LEGACY IN UKRAINE

International agreements  and documents

• ·        Budapest memorandum of 1994

·        U.S.-Russia Joint Statement on Expiration of the START Treaty

• ·        UNITED STATES – UKRAINE CHARTER ON STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP. 2008

• ·        Russia And Moldova Jackson-Vanik Repeal And Sergei Magnitsky Rule Of law Accountability Act Of 2012

Documents Relating To Situation in Crimea

• ·        Analysis: Why Russia's Crimea move fails legal test March 7, 2014

• ·        Ukraine, Russia, and the Black Sea Fleet Accords 2/99 
•       Ukrainian Constitutional Court declares Crimean Referendum Unconstitutional
•       Crimea Independence Ballot
•       Helsinki Accords 1975
•      ICJ Advisory Opinion on Kosovo Independence    

Documents relating to the Ukrainian Judiciary

• Futey Status of Judges in Ukraine  2010-10-29
•  Futey Law on the Judiciary  2011 March

Documents Relating To The Language Issue In Ukraine (imbedded links)

• ·        RUSSIA'S DISINFORMATION CAMPAIGN REGARDING UKRAINIAN LANGUAGE POLICY

·        February 23rd 2014 repeal legislation

·        ·July 2012 Criticism of the 2012 legislation by Ukrainian scholars

·         Venice Commission report 2011

·        Venice Commission report 2012

·        UABA Letter to Hon. Knut Vollebaek of the OSCE

·        Hon. Knut Vollebaek, High Commissioner on National Minorities with the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)

·        UABA Statement Regarding the Ukrainian  Law on Language Policy

·        During her visit to Kyiv and Crimea, the High Commissioner OSCE found no evidence of violations or threats to the rights of Russian speakers.  March 6, 2014

Russian anti-Semitic and other provocations (imbedded links)

• ·        Ukraine chief rabbi accuses Russians of staging anti-Semitic ‘provocations’ March 5, 2014

• ·        Open letter of Ukrainian Jews to Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin

• ·        Jewish leaders in Crimea back Ukrainian government, call for Russian withdrawal

• ·        Ukraine’s Unfinished Revolution Sparks Hope, Not Fear, for Jews

• ·        Jewish Journal - We care about Ukraine   Jan 27, 2014

• ·        Stealth Players: Who's on Putin's American Payroll? March 8, 2014

• ·        Crimea: Putin vs. Reality March 8, 2014