This paper tests three hypotheses about the origins of the conflict which begun in 2014 in Ukraine, using the 1995 …-2011 World Values Surveys. First, a hypothesis that the economic situation of young fighting-age men in Eastern Ukraine worsened … respondents in Eastern Ukraine became more like those of people in neighbouring Russian regions is investigated. Third, a …

Ukraine. Changes over time in outcomes in the mainly Russian-speaking Eastern and Southern regions are compared to both those …-speaking regions of Ukraine became both generally more like neighbouring Russians and also more like their compatriots in their … economic circumstances and views. Relative to Russian residents of border regions, respondents in Western Ukraine became …