Russia verse Ukrain and the other way round.





It has been almost a year ago, since Ukrain showed the ineterest to join NATO. And, accordingely, Russia was devastated by that statement. That is when the relationship between two countries went down not in a friendely way. Russia's reaction was to stop using ukranian radars. The tensity was rising between countries since january 2008 and achieved its peak during this past summer, when NATO's chairaman arrived in to Ukrain to discuss possible negotiations with Ukrain's president Mr. Yuschenko. That is when Russian government announced to Ukrain that if it joins NATO, Russia would take measures, such as introducing visa entry between two countries.( www.pravda.ru) Although, it seemed as it couldnt get worse, it did, after the war in Giorgia, and at the moment Russia and Ukrain are having the worst time of communication and ccoperation, due to the fact that Mr. Yuschenko accused russian actions againt Giorgia as aggressive. All it seems to me, is that Ukranian president has been looking for a long time for the reason to accuse Russia of something and he found it, and thats why he is trying very hard now to join NATO. There has always been intense relationship between these two countries since Soviet Union broke down in 1991, but it never came to the point, when it looks like there can be an open war some time soon.