title: Letter in Partial Response to Vladislav Tolstykh, "Reunification of Crimea with Russia: A Russian Perspective"
abstract: This Journal recently published Vladislav Tolstykh's letter on the Crimea issue.1 This response intends to approach the points illustrated in Vladislav Tolstykh's letter from a different perspective. 1. Tolstykh argues at the outset that “[t]he principle of the right of nations to self-determination includes the right to secession only for those nations that are not under the authority of ‘a government representing the whole people belonging to the territory without distinction as to race, creed
journal: Chinese Journal of International Law