Nikolaev, D.G. Legal grounds for international legal recognition of independence of the states

Abstract: The article is devoted to the topical problems of the global policy, related to the existence of “unrecognized states” and their relations with other states in the world. The article includes analysis of the such states as legal subjects, provisions of international legal documents on rights of nation to self-determination and territorial integrity, characteristics of the states, political and legal bases for legitimacy.

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