Pelliconi, Andrea Maria (2023) Russia’s use of demographic engineering to affirm sovereignty over adjacent territories. German Yearbook of International Law, 66, 177–203. (doi:10.3790/gyil.2024.370077).
Abstract
There is a discernible pattern in the behaviour of the Russian Federation and its predecessors of fostering large-scale changes in the demographic structure of the populations of adjacent territories in their sphere of influence. These policies and practices of demographic engineering were used to create purported premises for military intervention, including protecting nationals abroad and supporting Russian groups seeking external self-determination. This, in turn, paved the way for territorial separation and de facto annexation, demonstrating an exceptionalist double standard in the application of international law principles. Demographic engineering is thus used as a tool of regional imperialism in Russia’s envisioned greater space.
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