title: RUSSIA AS A REVISIONIST STATE AND THE 2022 INVASION OF UKRAINE
abstract: Problem statement. The issue of Russian state revisionism in the context of international relations is a matter of scholarly debate that so far has been examined mostly in its legal dimension and to a degree for its implications for international order. Legal rules and especially their application is intricately related to power distribution and the fact remains that legal discourse is also a part of strategy. Russia's revisionism is not an isolated incident; instead, it is a part of a continuum
journal: THE RUSSIAN-UKRAINIAN WAR (2014–2022): HISTORICAL, POLITICAL, CULTURAL-EDUCATIONAL, RELIGIOUS, ECONOMIC, AND LEGAL ASPECTS