2. 
Zbigniew Brzezinski:
“without Ukraine, Russia ceases to be
an empire, but with Ukraine suborned
and then subordinated, Russia
automatically becomes an empire.”

3. 
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Big territory between East and West
45 mln people
High economical potential
Historical cradle of several Slavonic states and
Orthodox Christianity in Eastern Europe

4. UA:
603,550 sq. km
Sweden: 450,295 sq. km
France: 551,500 sq. km

5. 
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44.5 mln (5th largest country in Europe)
Predominantly Christians
Population of the former USSR
Russia
Ukraine
All the rest 13
republics

6. 2012
agriculture: 9.5%
industry: 31.4%
services: 59.1%

7. 
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Heavy industries, metal ore and coal mining, chemicals, electric power
generation, etc
Machinery and transport equipment
Food processing, etc.

9. 
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“Bread basket” of Europe
25% of Earth’s black soil