nam 22 uu 4500 10.17176/20220507-182152-0 DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 220507s2022||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.17176/20220507-182152-0 doi eng 342 23 Weill, Rivka Author aut “We the Territorial People” and the Russia-Ukraine War Weill, Rivka Verfassungsblog 2022-05-07 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Not enough attention has been devoted to Russia’s demands that Ukraine amend its constitution to recognize Crimea as Russian territory as well as accept the independence of the separatist regions in eastern Ukraine – Donetsk and Luhansk. Though it may not seem intuitive, constitutional law and its accompanying methods of holding referenda to amend constitutions is at the heart of the conflict between Russia and Ukraine. Is constitutional amendment the way to achieve a breakthrough? What conditions must be met to legitimize secession, which includes the breaking apart of citizens along with the state’s territory, on which they reside? CC BY-SA 4.0 Comparative Constitutionalism Russian War against Ukraine secession secessionist movement Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/we-the-territorial-people-and-the-russia-ukraine-war/ raw object