title: The Ukraine Crisis: Ethno-Linguistic Perspective
abstract: There is no gainsaying the fact that, 22 years after the disintegration of the Soviet Union, Russia is still counting on the losses of that historical development. Apart from losing its position as a regional power, especially among the former union republics of the former USSR, Russia is yet to come to terms with losing Crimea, which it considers as the first great price wrestled from the Ottoman Empire, a mark to Russia’s rise to great-power status, and a warm-water port with direct access to 
journal: Journal of African studies