Local Responses to the Contested Border in Northern Crimea
Journal: Regional Research of Russia
Year: 2022

This article analyses the situation in Crimea, which de facto seceded from Ukraine and joined Russia in 2014 following a local referendum, the results of which are not recognised by the international community. It focuses on the everyday life of the local population, which has been forced to adapt to the emergence of the contested border between Russia and Ukraine; the related breakdown of political and economic interactions between Crimea and Ukraine; and the region’s transition to new geopolit