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How Russia attempts to legalize the occupation of Crimea

Throughout the occupation, Russia has sought international legitimacy alongside its physical control of the Crimean peninsula. Narratives such as "Russia has a historical right to Crimea" or "the peninsula's residents chose to join the Russian Federation" continue to circulate in the international information space. Their spread is the result of Russia's deliberate and systematic policy, which occupation authorities refine annually. While previously limited to rhetoric from local Russia-insta

Russian soldiers in Perevalne, Crimea, Ukraine, on March 20, 2014.

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Just over a year after a dramatic Oval Office clash derailed the now-infamous "minerals deal," the fund it spawned is making its first move, backing Ukraine's defense tech sector as global conflicts intensify. The first of three investments planned this year by the fund — officially known as the U.S.-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund — will go to Sine Engineering, a Ukrainian dual-use military technology company, two people familiar with the deal told the Kyiv Independent. The deal is exp

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