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