...Mariia Shynkarenko The Crimean Tatars, a Muslim Turkic ethnic group, remain the most oppressed group in Crimea after the 2014 Russian annexation. The Ukrainian public tends to view them as obedient victims forced to accommodate Russian demands, while scholars mainly avoid the issue. My ethnographic...

...Elena Kravchenko; Tatiana Valiulina This article focuses on the debate over Crimea's accession. The content analysis relies on data collected during the first and most turbulent year of Crimea's incorporation, which started with the decision to conduct a referendum on the Crimean status...

... Crimea Donbas Novorossiya (New Russia) Available online 2 November 2019 Keywords: Russian-Ukrainian relations Russian spring Russian world Crimea Donbas n-Ukrainian crisis, rising Donetsk and e and Ukrainians (O'Loughlin et al., rganization Inter- umbers of French speakers and holding...

..., Ukraine, and Russia, we argue that the “neo-Stalinist frame” has played a major role in denying the rights of Crimean Tatars for self-determination and preservation of their ethnic identity in both pre and post annexation Crimea. The Crimean Tatars counter-framed against neo-Stalinist frame both...

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... draws attention to the role of masculinity in the Putin regime’s legitimation strategy, and how it became more obvious during the escalation of the conflict in Ukraine in 2014 and the Russian annexation of Crimea. To the extent that there is a “personality cult” in contemporary Russia, the personality...

..., historical myths and re-Stalinization of Putin’s political system. The final section compares Russia’s invasions of Georgia and Ukraine in 2008 and 2014 respectively and the growing xenophobia in Russian foreign policy. Vladimir Putin Russian nationalism Russkii Mir Eurasianism Crimea Donbas ©...