Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation

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annexation event in the Russo-Ukrainian War international territorial dispute violation of international law (according to most UN member states)

The Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation was the 2014 takeover and incorporation of Ukraine’s Crimean Peninsula into Russia, following a disputed referendum widely condemned as illegal under international law.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form Occurrences
Annexation of Crimea 1
Crimea territorial dispute 1
Russian annexation of Crimea 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf annexation ⓘ
event in the Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ
international territorial dispute ⓘ
violation of international law (according to most UN member states) ⓘ
carriedOutBy Russian Armed Forces ⓘ
surface form: Armed Forces of the Russian Federation

Russian special forces ⓘ
conflict Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ
contestedBy Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People ⓘ
surface form: Crimean Tatar Mejlis

Shmyhal Government ⓘ
surface form: Government of Ukraine
countryInvolved Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation

Ukraine ⓘ
dateOfTreatyOfAccession 2014-03-18 ⓘ
endTime 2014-03-21 ⓘ
followedBy Russo-Ukrainian War ⓘ
surface form: War in Donbas

imposition of international sanctions on Russia ⓘ
hasPart 2014 Crimean status referendum ⓘ
formal incorporation of Crimea into the Russian Federation ⓘ
military takeover of key sites in Crimea ⓘ
incorporatedEntities Crimea ⓘ
surface form: Republic of Crimea

federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto) ⓘ
surface form: federal city of Sevastopol
legalBasisClaimedByRussia request for assistance from ousted Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych ⓘ
right to self-determination of Crimean population ⓘ
legalStatusAccordingToUkraine temporary occupation of part of the territory of Ukraine ⓘ
legalStatusAccordingToUNGeneralAssembly not recognized as altering the status of Crimea as part of Ukraine ⓘ
location Crimea ⓘ
Sevastopol ⓘ
notRecognizedBy European Union ⓘ
NATO ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States

majority of UN member states ⓘ
precededBy 2014 Ukrainian revolution ⓘ
Euromaidan ⓘ
surface form: Euromaidan protests
recognizedBy Russia ⓘ
surface form: Russian Federation

few UN member states (e.g., Syria, North Korea) ⓘ
referendumAssessedByMostInternationalObservers illegal and illegitimate ⓘ
referendumDate 2014-03-16 ⓘ
referendumQuestion whether Crimea should join Russia or restore the 1992 Crimean constitution within Ukraine ⓘ
referendumResultClaimedByAuthorities over 95 percent in favor of joining Russia ⓘ
referendumTurnoutClaimedByAuthorities over 80 percent ⓘ
resultedIn change of de facto control of Crimea from Ukraine to Russia ⓘ
deterioration of Russia–West relations ⓘ
displacement and persecution of some Crimean Tatars ⓘ
expulsion of Russia from the G8 ⓘ
introduction of Western economic sanctions against Russia ⓘ
long-term military buildup in Crimea ⓘ
startTime 2014-02-23 ⓘ
timePeriod February–March 2014 ⓘ
treatySignedBy Crimean de facto authorities ⓘ
Vladimir Putin ⓘ
UNResolution UN General Assembly Resolution 68/262 ⓘ
surface form: United Nations General Assembly Resolution 68/262
UNResolutionDate 2014-03-27 ⓘ
UNResolutionTitle Territorial integrity of Ukraine ⓘ
usedTactic deployment of unmarked soldiers ("little green men") ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

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NATO–Russia relations → NATOCooperationSuspensionReason → Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian annexation of Crimea
federal city of Sevastopol (within Russia, de facto) → annexationEvent → Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation ⓘ
Russo-Ukrainian War → hasPart → Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Russian invasion of Crimea
Livadia, Crimea → hasPoliticalStatusDispute → Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Crimea territorial dispute
Russian Black Sea Fleet → participatedIn → Annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Annexation of Crimea