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BELONGING TO THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA: HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS

https://doi.org/10.48137/2311-6412_2022_1_139

Abstract

This article examines the ownership of the territory of the Crimean peninsula. The statuses of this territory are analyzed after the facts of transfer from the RSFSR to the Ukrainian SSR and acceptance in 2014 into the Russian Federation. An opinion was put forward about the legitimacy of this adoption, justified, first of all, by the right to self-determination of peoples. References are given to the legislation of states, acts of international law, treaties, agreements.

About the Author

V. N. Ushakov
Russian State University of Justice
Russian Federation

USHAKOV Vyacheslav N. – specialist of the East Siberian branch

Ivana Franko str., 23 a, Irkutsk, 664074



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Ushakov V.N. BELONGING TO THE CRIMEAN PENINSULA: HISTORICAL AND LEGAL ASPECTS. Post–Soviet Continent. 2022;(1):139-145. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.48137/2311-6412_2022_1_139

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