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Article: Buchan, R. and Tsagourias, N. (2017) The Crisis in Crimea and the Principle of Non-Intervention. International Community Law Review, 19 (2-3). pp. 165-193. ISSN 1871-9740 https://doi.org/10.1163/18719732-12341353
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The Crisis in Crimea and the Principle of Non-Intervention
Russell Buchan and Nicholas Tsagourias
Abstract
During the civil unrest in Ukraine in early 2014 Russia began supplying rebel groups in
Crimea with military equipment, deployed military forces into Crimea and encouraged and