title: Russia's strategy of soft power in the Crimea and in violation of the principle of sovereignty and non-interference
abstract: Nowadays, with the advent of technological developments and different communications methods, there is no need to direct methods of coercion, repression and suppression anymore.  Over the years, after the years of transition from classical methods of exercising power and loss of legitimacy of direct exercising power, governments tried to adopt different and efficient strategies. This efficiency also depends on the amounts of the expected achievements. The current strategy of governments is based