title: Why Crimea might be worse off under Russian rule
abstract: Volunteers of a self-defense group lean on their shields while waiting to attend the swearing in of the first unit of a pro-Russian armed force, dubbed the “military forces of the autonomous republic of Crimea” in the Crimean central city of Simferopol. (Vadim Ghirda/ AP)
journal: London School of Economics and Political Science Research Online (London School of Economics and Political Science)