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byaStateagainstthesovereignty,territorialintegrity
orpoliticalindependenceofanotherState,orinanyother
mannerinconsistentwiththeCharteroftheUnitedNations
(Article1ofAnnex).”Alsoregardedthereasacts
ofaggressionare:“theblockadeoftheportsorcoastsofa
StatebythearmedforcesofanotherState(Article3c)”and
“theuseofarmedforcesofoneStatewhichare
withintheterritoryofanotherStatewiththeagreement
ofthereceivingState,incontraventionoftheconditions
providedforintheagreementoranyextensionoftheir
presenceinsuchterritorybeyondthetermination
oftheagreement(Article3e).”
Tobesetagainstthatarepublicstatements
bytheRussianPresident,madeduringavideoconference
callon17March2014,andinthedocumentary“Crimea:
theRoadtotheMotherland”,broadcastbythe
Rossiya
1
channelon16March2015,inwhichV.V.Putinadmits
tohavinggivenon20February2014ordertotheRussian
ArmedForcestoannexCrimeaintoRussia.
ThisbythewaydenotesthattheRussianmilitary
operationagainstUkrainewaslaunched3weeksprior
tothe16March2014referendumheldinCrimeabutnot
recognisedbyUkraineinwhichamajoritypurportedly
optedforbreakingawayfromUkraineandjoiningRussia.
Thisfurtherensuresthatthesecessionreferendum
istobeseenashavingbeenconductedonUkrainian
territoryoccupiedbyRussiantroops,inviolationofthenorm
ofinternationallawlaiddowninArticle45ofthe1907Hague
Convention,whereby:“Itisforbiddentocompel
theinhabitantsofoccupiedterritorytoswearallegiance
tothehostilePower.”
Moreover,thosewithagoodknowledgeofhistorywould
alsofindithardtodismisssimilaritiesbetweentheway
RussiaannexedCrimeaandthemethodtheSovietUnion
usedagainstthePolishstatein1939,following
the17Septemberaggression.TheSovietauthorities
intheoccupiedterritoriesthenheld“elections”topeople’s
assembliesinwesternUkraineandByelorussia,andthose
assembliessubsequentlymadearequesttotheSoviet
government,totheeffectthattheterritoriesofthePolish
stateoccupiedbytheSovietauthoritiesshould