Russia's invasion of Ukraine and votes in favor of Russia in the UN General Assembly

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan; Hassan F. Gholipour

doi:10.1080/03050629.2023.2179046

Russia's invasion of Ukraine and votes in favor of Russia in the UN General Assembly

Mohammad Reza Farzanegan
, Hassan F. Gholipour

School of Business

University of Marburg

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Abstract

Why did some countries decline to condemn Russia's invasion of Ukraine at the United Nations General Assembly's first emergency session since 1997? Our research investigates the various economic, military, political, geographic, and historical factors that may have influenced the voting behavior of these countries in favor of Russia. Our Probit regressions reveal that the probability of voting in favor of Russia is significantly and robustly higher in countries that have defense cooperation agreements with Russia, have a longer history of leftist governments, are major recipients of Russian aid, have political similarities with Russia, and have no history of war with the Soviet Union.

Original language	English
Article number	3
Pages (from-to)	454-470
Number of pages	17
Journal	International Interactions
Volume	49
Issue number	3
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/03050629.2023.2179046
Publication status	Published - 2023

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Keywords

Defense cooperation agreements
foreign aid
political homophily
Probit regressions
Russia-Ukraine war
United Nations General Assembly
voting behavior

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Russia's invasion of Ukraine and votes in favor of Russia in the UN General Assembly

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