The Referendums for Reunification with Russia the geopolitical stakes of a democratic choice

... decades ago, has been particularly contested since the regime change in Kiev in 2014 and Ukraine's military offensive against the Donbass republics of Donetsk and Lugansk, which had self-proclaimed their independence. The inhabitants of these republics have ... ... the disagreements on the interpretation of international law and the impossibility of isolating Russia despite pressure from Western governments. The European Union's proposal to sanction[vi] observers from EU member states who have been monitoring these ...