The Coup d’etat in Kiev in February 2014: International Law Context and Consequences

Abstract

The article is devoted to the coup d’etat in Kiev in February 2014. The fact is totally ignored in relevant documents of the US President and in the EU documents. The consequences of the coup d’etat in Kiev was its recognition as legitimate by one part of the population in Kiev and in the western and central regions of the former Ukraine and non-recognition by another part of the population - in south-east regions, Donbas and Lugansk. The military attempts of Kiev to subdue Donbas and Lugansk population to new authorities of Kiev is qualified as illegal. Peaceful legal arrangements between new authorities of Kiev and Donetsk and Lugansk Peoples Republics are suggested.