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... integrity. This explains Kiev’s increased activity at the UN and other international organizations. Accordingly, one should not expect any succession of diplomatic recognition of the new states by the international community. In this respect, the DNR and LNR are unlikely to be more successful than Abkhazia and South Ossetia, recognized by Russia in 2008. It is easy to predict that Ukraine will accord a particular focus on capitalizing on its image as a “victim of aggression” in order to increase economic aid from the West. And here Kiev may well succeed, since Western countries, which ...