title: Russia's security policy in the Baltic and Black Sea region : the case of Ukraine
abstract: Countries located between the Baltic Sea and Black Sea coasts (called the Baltic and Black Sea region) are of particular importance to the Russian Federation and are considered a strategic area of the world. Until the breakup of the Soviet Union this region had played a prominent role not only in a military way but also politically, commercially and economically. The author of this article formulates a hypothesis that Russian actions towards Ukraine, with the Crimea annexation, war in Donbas and
journal: Jagiellonian University Repository (Jagiellonian University)