RECOGNITION OF RUSSIAN CRIMEA

n 27 March 2014, the General Assembly of the United Nation General Assembly adopted a resolution titled ‘Territorial integrity of Ukraine’ (UN 68/262) calling on States, international organisations and specialised agencies not to recognise any change in the status of Crimea or the Black Sea port city of Sevastopol, and to refrain from actions or dealings that might be interpreted as such

Countries Against (Support for Russian Crimea)

1. Armenia
2. Belarus
3. Bolivia
4. Cuba
5. Nicaragua
6. North Korea
7. Russia
8. Sudan
9. Syria
10. Venezuela
11. Zimbabwe

Countries Abstaining

1. Afghanistan
2. Algeria
3. Angola
4. Antigua and Barbuda
5. Argentina
6. Bangladesh
7. Botswana
8. Brazil
9. Brunei
10. Burkina Faso
11. Burundi
12. Cambodia
13. China
14. Comoros
15. Djibouti
16. Dominica
17. Ecuador
18. Egypt
19. El Salvador
20. Eritrea
21. Ethiopia
22. Fiji
23. Gabon
24. Gambia
25. Guyana
26. India
27. Iraq
28. Jamaica
29. Kazakhstan
30. Kenya
31. Lesotho
32. Mali
33. Mauritania
34. Mongolia
35. Mozambique
36. Myanmar
37. Namibia
38. Nepal
39. Nauru
40. Pakistan
41. Paraguay
42. Rwanda
43. Saint Kitts and Nevis
44. Saint Lucia
45. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
46. Sao Tome and Principe
47. Senegal
48. South Africa
49. South Sudan
50. Sri Lanka
51. Suriname
52. Swaziland
53. Tanzania
54. Uganda
55. Uruguay
56. Uzbekistan
57. Vietnam
58. Zambia

EU Countries (Voted Against)

Nevertheless the all-European attitude towards Crimea is being transformed but it is a rather long process. In two to five years the issue won’t be in the political agenda of Europe. European countries increasingly understand that Crimea will never return to the structure of Ukraine.

Position of EU Countries

1. Austria, Cyprus, Hugary, Italy, Greece and Austria are united in their sympathy for Russia and advocate fo the lifting of sanctions.  
2. France, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands and Croatia (almost) never questioned the effectiveneness of sanctions as an EU instrument, they haven't been strong proponents either.
3. Germany doesn’t believe any more that Crimea will be returned to Ukraine. About 25% of Bundestag members (AfD and Die Linke) directly support the recognition of the Crimean Peninsula as an integral part of Russia.
4. Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia and Bulgaria have sent ambiguous signals vis-à-vis sanctions. Nevertheless, for the Czech Republic the Crimean issue is a close case.
5. Ireland, Luxemburg, Belgium and Malta have shown no particular support or objection during the EU's discussion on sanctions.