nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220323-121238-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220323s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220323-121238-0 doi eng 342 23 Bescotti, Elia Author aut Passportization - Russia’s “humanitarian” tool for foreign policy, extra-territorial governance, and military intervention Bescotti, Elia Verfassungsblog 2022-03-23 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Putin’s alleged arguments to conduct a “special military operation” to “demilitarise and denazify” Ukraine revolve around protecting the people of the Donbas, including citizens of the Russian Federation, “facing humiliation and genocide.” One of the tools Russia used to justify its political and military engagement in the post-Soviet space has been passportization. This policy effectively created Russian citizens in the contested territories of neighbouring states in the context of protracted conflicts of secession. Just as in Georgia, passportization worked as a tool of interference with Ukrainian sovereignty. CC BY-SA 4.0 Citizenship Passportization Russian War against Ukraine Burkhardt, Fabian Author aut Rabinovych, Maryna Author aut Wittke, Cindy Author aut Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/passportization/ raw object