"”Address by President of the Russian Federation” (på engelska). Kremlin.ru. 2014-03-18. http://eng.kremlin.ru/news/6889. Läst 10 juli 2014. ”Moreover, the Crimean authorities referred to the well-known Kosovo precedent – a precedent our western colleagues created with their own hands in a very similar situation, when they agreed that the unilateral separation of Kosovo from Serbia, exactly what Crimea is doing now, was legitimate and did not require any permission from the country's central authorities. Pursuant to Article 2, Chapter 1 of the United Nations Charter, the UN International Court agreed with this approach and made the following comment in its ruling of July 22, 2010, and I quote: "No general prohibition may be inferred from the practice of the Security Council with regard to declarations of independence," and "General international law contains no prohibition on declarations of independence." Crystal clear, as they say.”
"Lång historia av konflikter på Krim". svenska.yle.fi, 2014-02-28. Notera att källan troligen blandar ihop mängden rysktalande (som enligt folkräkningen 2001 är 77 procent), med det som egentligen är mängden etniska ryssar ("nästan sextio procent").
