title: Russia's economic instruments in defending its strategic interests in Crimean Peninsula = Strategi ekonomi Rusia dalam melindungi kepentingan strategisnya di semenanjung Krimea
abstract: After the pro-Russian Ukrainian president are ousted by what Russia called as a western backed coup, Russia’s strategic interest in the Crimean Peninsula are threatened. Russian diaspora in Ukraine are also threatened as consequence of the changing of the distribution of power in Ukraine. As Russia’s interests are threatened, Russia moves to annex the Crimean Peninsula into its territory after it seceded from Ukraine. This action have caused a lot of controversy in the international community fo