title: SPECIAL OPERATION OF THE RUSSIAN FEDERATION TO OCCUPY THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA: THE PSEUDO-REFERENDUM OF 2014
abstract: The article analyzes the peculiarities of the illegal, falsified pseudo-referendum on the status of Crimea with pre-formed results and inflated turnout, which took place on March 16, 2014, in the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol occupied by Russia. The paper notes that it was preceded by the occupation of the Crimean peninsula by the Russian Federation in late February - early March 2014, and the event itself took place in the conditions of the Russian mi
journal: Contemporary era