Three Ballots and the War. Russian Policy of Accomplished Facts in Ukraine
Journal: Studia z Dziejów Rosji i Europy Środkowo-Wschodniej
Year: 2025

The goal of this research paper is to discuss how the actions carried out by the USSR during the Second World War on the territories of the Second Polish Republic, seized after the aggression of 17 September 1939, intertwined with the policy of accomplished facts conducted today by the Russian Federation against Ukraine, as illustrated by ballots and referendums organised to provide the Kremlin with “legal grounds” for the annexation of occupied territories of a sovereign state.