Between self and other : representations of Ukraine in Russian official discourse during the annexation of Crimea
Journal: BIBSYS Brage (BIBSYS (Norway))
Year: 2016

On March 18, 2014 the Russian president Vladimir Putin signed an executive order that officially integrated Crimea into the Russian Federation. The West condemned the annexation of Crimea as illegal, and Russia was accused of violating international law and supporting separatism. Simultaneously, however, Russia advocates strongly for state sovereignty, upholds that states should not intervene in the business of other states, and fear separatist movements within own borders. How then, is it possi