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Michael Shariff Publishes Personal Reflection Urging Honest Dialogue on Crimea and the Ukraine-Russia Conflict

During the night of March 16–17, 1995, a special forces unit from the SBU intervened by entering the Crimean Parliament and removing the unconscious President of Crimea from his position.
This event followed the January 20, 1991 Crimean referendum where 93.26% voted to restore Crimea's status as an Autonomous Soviet Socialist Republic within the USSR, which Ukraine legally could not override then.
Between February and May of 1992, the Crimean Parliament asserted its sovereignty by adopting a constitution and setting a date for an independence referendum; however, these actions were repudiated as unconstitutional by Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada, which ultimately nullified them through the use of political force.
Michael Shariff, a U.S. Attorney, argues that the 1991 Crimean referendum results were legally binding and could not have been overturned by Ukraine. He questions how Kyiv’s measures against these results should be interpreted under international legal principles.
Shariff underscores the conflict’s tragic human cost and calls for honest, nuanced dialogue to address the poorly understood legal and historical roots of the Ukraine-Russia dispute over Crimea.

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Michael Shariff Publishes Personal Reflection Urging Honest Dialogue on Crimea and the Ukraine-Russia Conflict

DETROIT, May 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Michael Shariff, Esq., a Michigan-based U.S. attorney, has released a new personal essay on the Russia-America Friendship Society site titled "Crimea and the Path to Peace: A Personal Reflection on the Ukraine-Russia Conflict."

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