Russia and the Right to Self-Determination in the Post-Soviet Space

INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1 THE SOVIET DOCTRINE ON THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION REVISITED
1. Political and Ideological Foundations
2. The Soviet Contribution to the Codification of Self-determination
3. The Modifications in the Soviet Sphere of Influence
4. The Right to Self-determination in Soviet Scholarship
5. Conclusions
CHAPTER 2 RUSSIA, THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND SOVEREIGNTY
1. The Balance in the Russian Constitution
2. Case Study 1: Tatarstan
3. Case Study 2: Chechnya
4. Conclusions
CHAPTER 3 RUSSIA, THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND SECESSION
1. Russia's Position in the Kosovo Case
2. Case Study 3: Nagorno-Karabakh
3. Case Study 4: Transnistria
4. Case Study 5: South Ossetia
5. Case Study 6: Abkhazia
6. Conclusions
CHAPTER 4 RUSSIA, THE RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION AND ANNEXATION
1. Russia's Retrospective View on the Baltic States' Annexation in 1940
2. Case Study 7: Crimea
3. Conclusions
CHAPTER 5 POST-SOVIET RUSSIAN SCHOLARSHIP ON SELF-DETERMINATION
1. Post-Soviet Scholarship of International Law in Russia: An Overview
2. Self-determination in Post-Soviet Russian Scholarship
3. Positions on 'Crimea' in Russian Scholarship
4. Conclusions
Final Conclusions
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Index