Perspectief 2019-44

2019-44 Thema - Oekraïne – katalysator van kerkelijke en politieke spanningen Drs. Geert van Dartel 111 Many Dutch believed the information, which was disseminated in the wake of the Refer- endum, that signing the Association Agreement between the European Union and Ukraine would automatically bring Ukrainian immigrants to the Netherland, which of course was not true. The Netherlands is a country that was inflicted by the Russian aggression against Ukraine more than any other EU country. Yet, instead of demonstrating solidarity with Ukraine, it became the only EU country that created a serious obstacle for the cause, for which the Euromaidan stood and for which over hundred peaceful protesters died. This paradox can- not be explained other than by the Russian propaganda, which interfered with the rising anti-immigration sentiments. This case shows that although very different, these two phe- nomena can work together and produce tremendous impact on modern societies. 1 Boris Nemtsov, Putin. War: an Independent Expert Report . Edited by Ilya Yashin and Olga Shorina, Moscow, 2015, 9: http://4freerussia.org/putin.war/Putin.War-Eng.pdf 2 Article 4.1: “The Russian Federation, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America confirm to Ukraine their obligation, in accordance with the principles of the Final Act of the CSCE, to respect the independence, sovereignty and existing borders of Ukraine.” 3 Article 2: “The High Contracting Parties, in accordance with the articles of the UN Charter and obligations in the Final Act of the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, shall respect each other's territorial integrity and confirm the inviolability of the existing borders between them.” 4 Boris Nemtsov, Putin. War: an Independent Expert Report . Edited by Ilya Yashin and Olga Shorina, Moscow, 2015, 7: http://4freerussia.org/putin.war/Putin.War-Eng.pdf 5 https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/09/05/gerasimov-doctrine-russia-foreign-policy-215538 6 The World Hybrid War: Ukrainian Forefront . Edited by Volodymyr Horbulin, Kharkiv: Folio, 2017, 154. 7 Boris Nemtsov, Putin. War: an Independent Expert Report. Edited by Ilya Yashin and Olga Shorina, Moscow, 2015, 65: http://4freerussia.org/putin.war/Putin.War-Eng.pdf 8 Boris Nemtsov, Putin. War: an Independent Expert Report. Edited by Ilya Yashin and Olga Shorina, Moscow, 2015, 23: http://4freerussia.org/putin.war/Putin.War-Eng.pdf 9 Interview to French television channel TF1 on July 4, 2014, in Boris Nemtsov, Putin. War: an Independent Expert Report. Edited by Ilya Yashin and Olga Shorina, Moscow, 2015, 17: http://4freerus- sia.org/putin.war/Putin.War-Eng.pdf 10 https://www.government.nl/topics/mh17-incident/news/2018/05/25/mh17-the-netherlands-and-australia- hold-russia-responsible

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