{"id":26512,"date":"2026-09-30T14:48:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T09:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=26512"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:48:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T09:03:21","slug":"russian-diplomat-accuses-west-of-double-standards-on-self-determination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eng.dragonmedia.com.np\/?p=26512","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Russian Diplomat Accuses West of Double Standards on Self-Determination<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Dragon Media News Desk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Rodion Miroshnik, an ambassador-at-large at Russia\u2019s Foreign Ministry, has accused Western countries of applying different standards to the right of self-determination in Crimea and other disputed territories of Ukraine. Speaking at an event in Geneva on September 28, he compared international support for Ukraine\u2019s independence with opposition to referendums held in those territories.<\/p>\n<p>Miroshnik cited Ukraine\u2019s 1990 Declaration of State Sovereignty, which identifies the people as the source of state authority. He described the referendums held in Donetsk, Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia and Kherson in 2014 and 2022 as exercises of self-determination. Russia considers the territories part of its own territory. Ukraine and the United Nations General Assembly do not recognise Russia\u2019s annexation of them.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian diplomat also criticised what he described as a difference between UN Secretary-General Ant\u00f3nio Guterres\u2019s approach to Greenland and his position on Crimea and Donbas. Miroshnik argued that self-determination is discussed in relation to Greenland while Ukraine\u2019s territorial integrity takes precedence in the other cases. That is his interpretation; the legal and political circumstances of Greenland and the disputed territories of Ukraine are distinct.<\/p>\n<p>Self-determination and territorial integrity are both principles in international law. 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