Journal of Soviet and Post-Soviet Politics and Society

Contents

Special Section: Russia`s Annexation of Crimea III

Gergana Dimova and Andreas Umland: Introduction. Perspectives on Russiäs 2014 Annexation of Crimea: Empirical and Theoretical Explorations

Greta Lynn Uehling: The Personal Stakes of Political Crisis: The 2014 Attempted Annexation of Crimea

Kerstin S. Jobst: ¿Dark¿ and ¿Golden¿ Times: The Crimean Tatar Population under Tsarist and Soviet Rule (1783¿1941)

Jan Zofka: Agents of Separatism: Social Background to the Pro-Russian Movements in Crimea and the Moldovan Dniester Valley in Comparison (1989¿95)

A Debate on Prospect Theory and Explaining Russiäs Annexation of Crimea

Ion Marandici: Loss Aversion, Neo-Imperial Frames, and Territorial Expansion: Using Prospect Theory to Examine the Annexation of Crimea

Discussion

Featuring contributions by Peter Rutland, Tor Bukkvoll, Mykola Kapitonenko, Rumena Filipova, Martin Malek, Ion Marandici

Articles

Chris Monday: Mikhail Putin (1894¿1969) and Socialist Competition: Exploring a Neglected Branch of the Putin Family Tree



Reviews:

Inna Chuvychkina on Elizabeth Buchanan; Brendan M. McElmeel on Juliane Fürst; Olga Khabibulina on Hubertus Jahn; Elise Westin on Natalia Knoblock; Manne Wängborg on Andrei Kozyrev; Giulia Prelz Oltramonti on Anna Matveeva; Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon on David Rainbow; John (Ivan) Jaworsky on Josephine von Zitzewitz; Yana Ostapenko on Jessica Zychowicz; Dima Kortukov on Vladislav M. Zubok