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1994

Ukraine joins a collaborative partnership with NATO. It gives up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for a signed agreement from Russia, the U.S., and the U.K. to protect its sovereignty.

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Women in Yalta, a Black Sea port city on the Crimean Peninsula, prepare to cast their ballots for parliamentary elections on March 27, 1994.Photograph by Hector Mata, AFP/ Getty Images

2003-04

Disputed elections in Georgia in 2003 and Ukraine in 2004 set off Georgia’s “Rose Revolution” and Ukraine’s “Orange Revolution” protesting corruption and Russian influence.

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