Crimea

Ukraine has now been a sovereign and independent nation for over 30 years. As a sovereign and independent nation, Ukraine’s foreign policy is not a matter to be determined by Russia, the United States, or the European Union — it is a matter for Ukrainians. 

Russian leader Vladimir Putin clearly disagrees. As Ukraine pursues a policy of closer alignment with the West, its relations with Russia have deteriorated to the point of being on the brink of a full-scale war. 

“Be more autocratic than Peter the Great  and sterner than Ivan the Terrible.”
Tsarina Alexandra, to her husband Nicholas II

To the Board of Directors of the Cato Institute 

The President 

The Executive Vice President 

Dear Friends of Liberty,

Since late-2021, we at Freedom Today Network have been following really closely the ongoing and growing conflict taking place in Ukraine.

For those of you who have been following the situation as well, we want to thank you for doing so – because as Martin Luther King said, “injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”

Soon, Armenians will celebrate the one year anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in their country, where the populism played a key role. This year another Eastern Partnership country, Ukraine, will face a difficult dilemma of populism in the choice of their new president.