Ukraine’s political crisis and

Ukraine’s political crisis and opposition

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Why chose this issue?

THE BREAD BASKET OF EUROPE Fertile= үржил шимтэйGrain= амуу тариа

UKRAINE

• was become independent 1991 • is a unitary state composed of 24 oblasts (provinces), one autonomous republic (Crimea), and two cities with special status: Kiev, its capital and largest city, and Sevastopol, which houses the Russian Black Sea Fleet under a leasing agreement.• is a republic under a semi-presidential system with separate legislative, executive, and judicial branches.• is home to 46 million people.• Ukrainian is the official language of Ukraine.• Russian is also widely spoken.

Widely=өргөнөөр

WHY HAVE THEY BEEN PROTESTING THEIR GOVERNMENT?

UKRAINIAN PRESIDENT

• Viktor Yanukovych “Віктор Янукович”• born 9 July 1950• has been President of Ukraine since February 2010• completed tertiary studies in mechanical engineering as a correspondence student at the Donetsk Politechnical Institute• In 2001, at the age of 51, he received his Masters in International Law from the Ukrainian Academy of Foreign Trade.• is also a "professor" of the International Academy of Sciences, Education, Industry and Arts, registered to a P.O. Box in Mountain View, California• Between May 1999 and May 2001 he was also the Head of Donetsk Oblast Council.

correspondence=харилцан холбооTertiary= гуравдагч

BECAUSE ……

Ukrainian president is Viktor Yanukovych

Trigger= эхлэлийг тавих, Uprising = бослого гарах, package=боодол, илгээмж эдийн засаг, provoke= өдөөх, outrage= хүчирхийлэл

BACK OFF THE

EU AGREEMENT

OBTAINED A $

15 BILLION AID PACKAGE

WHO IS THE LEADER OF OPPOSITION?

• Arseniy Petrovych Yatsenyuk Арсеній Петрович Яценюк• born May 22, 1974 in a family of professors of the Chernivtsi University• is a Ukrainian politician, economist and lawyer.• served in the government of Ukraine as Minister of Economy from 2005 to 2006• is one of the leaders of Ukraine's second biggest party. All-Ukrainian Union "Fatherland” is led by Yulia Tymoshenko. • From December 1992 to September 1997 he was the president of "Yurek Ltd." law firm, based in Chernivtsi.• From January 1998 until September 2001, Yatsenyuk worked in the Aval bank, based in Kiev.

Lead= УдирдахBase= Байгуулагдах, суурь тавих

WHAT DID PROTESTERS SEEK FROM THEIR GOVERNMENT?

CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE THAT WILL WEAKEN THE PRESIDENT’S POWERS.

WHY DID THEY SEEK CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE THAT RELEVANT PRESIDENT’S POWER?

Constitution of UkraineChapter V: President of UkraineArticle 106The President of Ukraine: This article are defined 31 rights that is enjoyed by the president of Ukraine. Such as: • appoints and dismisses heads of diplomatic missions of Ukraine to other states and to international organizations;• appoints the Prime Minister of Ukraine with the consent of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine;• terminates the authority of the Prime Minister of Ukraine and adopts a decision on his or her resignation;• appoints, on the submission of the Prime Minister of Ukraine, members of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, chief officers of other central bodies of executive power, and also the heads of local state administrations, and terminates their authority in these positions;Dismiss= огцруулах, consent= тохиролцох

WHY DID THEY SEEK CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE THAT RELEVANT PRESIDENT’S POWER?

• appoints the Procurator General of Ukraine to office with the consent of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, and dismisses him or her from office;• appoints one-half of the composition of the Council of the National Bank of Ukraine;• appoints one-half of the composition of the National Council of Ukraine on Television and Radio Broadcasting;• appoints to office and dismisses from office, with the consent of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, the Chairman of the Antimonopoly Committee of Ukraine, the Chairman of the State Property Fund of Ukraine and the Chairman of the State Committee on Television and Radio Broadcasting of Ukraine;• establishes, reorganizes and liquidates, on the submission of the Prime Minister of Ukraine, ministries and other central bodies of executive power, acting within the limits of funding envisaged for the maintenance of bodies of executive power;

Envisage= урьдчилан тооцоолох

Officials were preparing measures for constitutional change.

Justice Minister Olena Lukash

MORE THAN 100 PEOPLE ARRESTED IN THE PROTEST.

six people dead and more than 1,000 injured.

EU is considering new financial measures to support Ukraine’s troubled economy, but that the country’s political crisis must be resolved before any assistance can be granted.

EU spokeswoman, Maja Kocijancic

EU is looking for additional ways to support Ukraine’s economy but that the 28 nation bloc won’t be drawn into competition with Russia. European Commission

President, Jose Manuel Barroso

Protest in Ukraine not against Russia, but against post-Soviet future.

INFORMATION SOURCE

•http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Constitution_of_Ukraine#Chapter_III:_Elections

. • http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0204/502072-ukraine-protests/ • http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/ukraine-opposition-wants-constitutional-change/2014/02/03/3d14584a-8ccc-11e3-9ed8-259977a48789_story.html • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6YnR9UbezA • http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-25957251 • http://www.economist.com/news/europe/21595512-government-resigns-opposition-protesters-remain-defiantly-streets-praying • http://edition.cnn.com/2014/01/28/world/europe/ukraine-protests/