title: Official recognition of facts as an institution of international law: problems and
abstract: We are witnessing a formation of the new institution of recognition, which can be referred to as the &amp;ldquo;official recognition of facts&amp;rdquo;. Such seemingly different political themes as annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, the &amp;ldquo;Skripal Case&amp;rdquo;, or the status of the Golan Heights have an important common parameter &amp;ndash; each of them has become an object of recognition by at least one country. Examination of the causal links that conduce certain coun
journal: Право и политика