The ongoing civil war in Ukraine nowadays represents an extreme display of the delegitimation of Poroshenko’s regime at the east of the country and its low legitimacy level over the territories controlled by Kiev. Among the key preconditions of this situation one can highlight social and political disintegrity of the ukrainians, rectified directions of the economic development of the west and east regions, peculiarities of the geopolitical position of Ukraine, governing failure and significant influence on the legitimacy process from abroad. Foreign intervention into the internal Ukrainian affairs is the component of another phase of the historical confrontation of the superstates, within which West exercises increasing pressure on Russia. The Anglo-Saxon target the Ukraine for several strategic reasons: ethnic and confessional proximity of the Ukrainians and the Russians, role of Kiev as the energy hub between Russia and Europe, favorable military strategic location of the country in frame if the limitation of Russian defensive capacity. As a practical conclusion the author highlights a necessity of the activation by Moscow its diplomacy, support to the pro-Russian elites in the CIS countries and improvement of the «soft power» within the post-soviet area to maintain a safe and stable geopolitical encirclement. One indicates as well the elements of the resemblance of the social, economic and political troubles in the Ukraine and our own difficulties. In view of this one justifies need of strengthening the sovereign and stable legitimacy model in Russia with the system methods.
legitimacy, legitimation, Russia, Ukraine, Ukrainian crisis, P.A. Poroshenko.
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