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Challenging Annexation: in Crimea, the referendum that wasn’t
The time has come – unfortunately in the midst of another political and human crisis – for the international community to develop a rapid assistance framework for nonviolent activists and dissidents who risk their lives to preserve their right to self-rule. Yesterday it was Ukraine. Today it is Crimea.
opendemocracy.net, March 22,2014