01509nas a2200205   4500000000100000000000100001008004100002653002200043653001500065653002000080653002600100653001700126653002000143653002400163100001900187245007400206300001000280490000700290520100600297       2016                            d10acriminal business10ahybrid war10aillegal economy10ainformational warfare10aintervention10asecurity policy10asystemic corruption1 aIryna Klymenko00aTorn Asunder from Within: Ukraine and the Lessons for Global Security  a45-560 v153 a<p>Russia’s non-standard intervention in Ukraine was accomplished in four major areas—the economic system as a whole, the energy and security sectors, and information policy. The deliberate policy of the Kremlin has transformed Ukraine into economically fragile and institutionally weak nation. Due to efforts of former regime and Russian intelligence agencies, main Ukrainian government institutions were involved in semi-legal, semi-criminal transnational business scheme. Macro-financial vulnerability of Ukraine, in conjunction with a strained economic structure, proved to be the necessary and sufficient conditions for preparing and implementing hybrid aggression. The Ukrainian precedent might be replicated as a special operation to destroy statehood, whereby disruption is achieved through the escalation of internal political and economic challenges. One universal means of undermining statehood in an era of hybrid wars is to encourage corruption among holders of the highest office</p>