Crimea: The First Step in Russia's Return to the World. Issue 4 (2nd November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Deliagin, Mikhail
• Is Part Of: Russian social science review. Volume 62:Issue 4/6(2021)
• Page Start: 323
• Page End: 348
• Publication Date: 2021-11-02
• Subjects: Crimea -- Russia -- Sevastopol -- Putin -- "nationalization" of the bureaucracy -- oligarchs -- Ukrainian nationalism -- economic development -- WTO -- offshore zones; Social sciences -- Russia -- Periodicals; Social sciences -- Russia -- History -- Periodicals; Sciences sociales -- Russie -- Périodiques; Sciences sociales -- Russie -- Histoire -- Périodiques; 300.947
• DOI: 10.1080/10611428.2021.2002064
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1061-1428

Abstract

Abstract : The author examines the role of Crimea in the Russian state, beginning with a justification of the legality of the region's annexation as both a reflection of the historical connection between Crimea and Russia and the result of the illegitimacy of the post-coup government in Ukraine. He then turns to the potential role of the integration of Crimea as a national project that could revive Russia while allowing its leaders to root out traitors and other undesirables from among the Russian elites.