New Arrival Sovereignty, Patrimony and International Law: Russia’s Attack on Ukraine

International Law

Sovereignty, Patrimony and International Law: Russia’s Attack on Ukraine

Edited by Rilka Dragneva-Lewers · Kataryna Wolczuk
New Arrival Bristol University Press February 2026

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ISBN-13
9781529242799
Publisher
Bristol University Press
Publication
February 2026
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
U.K. ? Countri(es) for reference only

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This book offers a concise yet in-depth analysis of Russia’s complex—though consistent—strategic approach to Ukraine over the past 30 years, placing it within a broad historical and geopolitical context.

It reveals how Russia’s ambitions toward Ukraine have been deeply rooted in a patrimonial paradigm—marked by a long-standing tradition of instrumentalizing sovereignty and (international) law. The book explores Moscow’s use of ‘legal smokescreens’ to gradually erode Ukraine’s sovereignty. It argues that the full-scale invasion was the culmination of Russia’s failure to assert its patrimonial claims through legal and diplomatic means over 1991-2021, offering an anatomy of that failure.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction
2. Russia’s View on Power and Sovereignty: A Suzerainty Paradigm
3. Russia’s Legal Exceptionalism in the ‘near abroad’: International Law between Etiquette and Control
4. Departing the USSR: Legacies and Pathways
5. The Division of Strategic Assets: the Black Sea Fleet and its Base
6. Borders and Recognition
7. The Pursuit of Integration
8. Playing the Economic Card: Trade and Energy
9. The Role of the West
10. Conclusion
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