week 12 Flashcards
Russian president from 2008–2012 who portrayed himself as a liberal reformer; signed New START treaty with Obama
Medvedev
US Secretary of State under Obama and 2016 presidential candidate; criticized by Putin for supporting anti-Kremlin protests.
Clinton
Libyan leader overthrown during the Arab Spring; Russia opposed NATO intervention against him.
Gaddafi
US Ambassador to Russia in 2012; targeted by Russian state media for meeting with activists.
McFaul
Lawyer who exposed Russian fraud and died in prison; inspired the US ____ Act.
Magnitsky
Magnitsky’s employer and major advocate for the Magnitsky Act in the US
Browder
Russian child who died in the US due to negligence; name given to Russia’s retaliatory adoption ban law.
Yalovlev
Former NSA contractor who leaked classified surveillance documents; granted asylum by Russia.
Snowden 2012
Ukrainian president ousted after withdrawing from EU deal under Russian pressure.
Yanukovych
US official seen handing food to pro-EU Ukrainian protesters; symbolized US support for Maidan movement
Nuland
Russia–Georgia war worsened ties with US and NATO.
2008
Arab Spring begins; includes Libyan revolution and civil war.
2010–2011
New START arms control agreement signed by Obama and Medvedev.
2010
Putin and Medvedev announce Putin’s return to presidency.
October 2011
Mass protests in Moscow against election fraud and Putin’s return.
December 2011–May 2012
Putin elected president again amid controversy and protest.
March 2012
Magnitsky Act passed; Russia responds with Dima Yalovlev Law; protests violently suppressed.
2012
kiev maidan protests in Ukraine following Yanukovych’s rejection of EU deal.
2013–2014
Russia annexes Crimea after unrest in eastern Ukraine.
2014
2010 arms control agreement between the US and Russia signed by Obama and Medvedev.
New START Treaty
Largest public protests in Russia since USSR collapse; triggered by election fraud in 2011–2012.
Moscow Protests
2012 US law targeting foreign human rights abusers, athorizes US gov to sanction foreign government officials that are human rights offenders, freeze their assets, and ban them from entering the us. Also repealed the jackson-vanik act as a part of the larger act. This act was not a universal rule, it was targeted at russia and moldova.
Magnitsky Act
Russia’s retaliation to Magnitsky Act; banned US adoptions of Russian children.
Dima Yalovlev Law
Feminist punk band’s 2012 protest performance criticizing Putin and Russian Orthodoxy. Two public movements:
Pussy Riot: “putin chickened out” and “punk prayer.”
