The tensions in Crimea are rising to the most ominous since Russia annexed the peninsula in early 2014, bringing many casualties in Eastern Ukraine. The FSB said that two separate incidents took place: first, a raid on the terror cell that left one FSB officer dead and a Ukrainian intelligence officer in custody. Second, Russia accused Ukrainian forces of firing across the border into Crimea, and killing one Russian soldier. Reports of Russian troop movements near the Crimean border had led Ukraine to put its forces on high alert.On August 6th, Igor Plotnitsky, the head of the self-declared Luhansk People’s Republic, was the target of an assassination attempt that he blamed on Ukrainian forces.
Slovakia in the twentieth century has been characterized many socio-economic and political changes that have had an unwanted impact on all aspects of the environment. Long- term uses of natural resources, pollution of air, water, and land, the release of contaminants into the environment, the build up of waste, and technology have all had a negative effect on the environment in Slovakia. Much devastation and risk in different regions have had undesirable effects on life expectancy and public health, and on the genetic reserve of important wild plant and animal species, the integrity of ecosystems, the durability of equipment and materials, and on the economy.
Corruption does not prevent many citizens of post-Soviet states from enjoying the benefits of economic development and their political and social freedoms, excluding them from existing institutions and structures. Consequently, citizens of countries with high levels of corruption are more likely to turn to potentially extremist groups whose struggles against the government lead to further instability and often escalate into transnational conflicts.