We moved to assist a joint venture project with Russia’s largest oil company in the Kara Sea above the Arctic Circle. In the summer of 2012, my family and I moved to Moscow. From both sides accusing each other of threatening regional stability to NATO members frantically drawing up contingency plans, the Donetsk and Luhansk regions - the contested regions composed of Ukrainians, Russians, and self-proclaimed states - are positioned to serve as the bloody battlegrounds for geopolitical status.īut this is not the first time the Donbas, which encompasses both the Donetsk and Luhansk regions, has served as the site of global upheave. Since early November of last year, Russia has been amassing troops on Ukraine’s eastern border - with some estimates up to 100,000 troops. Russian President Vladimir Putin makes a speech during events marking Victory Day, in Sevastopol May 9, 2014.
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