Julie Fedor, Andrey Makarychev, Andreas Umland

Special Section: Russia’s Annexation of Crimea I Guest Editors: Gergana Dimova and Andreas Umland Legal Loopholes and Judicial Debates: Essays on Russia’s 2014 Annexation of Crimea and Its Consequences for International Law Gergana Dimova The Obligation of Non-recognition: The Case of the Annexation of Crimea Agata Kleczkowska Russia’s Legal Position on the Annexation of Crimea Dasha Dubinsky and Peter Rutland Business as Usual: Sanctions Circumvention by Western Firms in Crimea Maria Shagina *** The Return to Patriotic Education in Post-Soviet Russia: How, When, and Why the Russian Military Engaged in Civilian Nation Building Håvard Bækken Political Parties and the Institution of Membership in Ukraine Melanie G. Mierzejewski-Voznyak Reviews Kiril Kolev on: Ognian Shentov, Ruslan Stefanov and Martin Vladimirov, The Russian Economic Grip on Central and Eastern Europe Ana-Maria Anghelescu on: Alexander Cooley and John Heathershaw, Dictators without Borders: Power and Money in Central Asia Aija Lulle on: Irene Kacandes and Yuliya Komska (eds.), Eastern Europe Unmapped: Beyond Borders and Peripheries Vera Rogova on: Chris Miller, Putinomics: Power and Money in Resurgent Russia Elliot Dolan-Evans on: Marci Shore, The Ukrainian Night: An Intimate History of Revolution Aleksandra Pomiecko on: Lawrence Douglas, The Right Wrong Man: John Demjanjuk and The Last Great Nazi War Crimes Trial