The Russian Annexation of Crimea
Journal: Rethinking political violence
Year: 2025

Abstract This chapter analyzes the role of Russia, Crimean separatists, the Ukrainian government, the far right, and the West in the Russian annexation of Crimea in spring 2014. It examines interviews, videos, public opinion polls, and media reports in Ukrainian, English, and Russian. The analysis shows that the conflict in Crimea involved both secession and Russian annexation with help of covert Russian military intervention of this predominantly ethnic Russian region of Ukraine and the Russian