title: THE LEGAL CAMOUFLAGE OF THE ILLEGAL AND ILLEGITIMATE ANNEXATION OF THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA (2014)
abstract: This article aims to analyse the situation that happened in 2014 when the Russian Federation illegally and illegitimately annexed the Crimean Peninsula, proving that in the 21st century the annexation of a part of a democratic state (belonging to a mostly democratic international community) is possible.Claiming its destabilizing actions in the form of "requested aid", the Russian Federation tried to find countless justifications for the annexation of the Crimean Peninsula by creating an interven
journal: EUROPOLITY CONTINUITY AND CHANGE IN EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE