DIFFICULT SEARCH FOR TRUTH

Abstract

The separation of Crimea from Ukraine provoked a wide scientific discussion in the West, in which Oleksandr Viktorovich Zadorozhnii, a professor at the University of Kiev, took an active part. The result of his efforts was the book under review published in Russian and English, which provides a detailed account of the arguments from the Ukrainian side.1 The author was one of the Ukraine’s most famous international lawyers. He graduated from the University of Kiev (the International Relations Department) and immediately after graduation began actively teaching and doing extensive research. In 1999, he became a President of the Ukrainian Association of International Law, and in 2003 was appointed the Head of the International Law Division at the International Relations Department of the University of Kiev. During 1990–1998 he was actively engaged in legal practice; in 1998–2006 he was a member of the Ukraine’s Parliament (the Verkhovna Rada); and in 2006–2008 served as a viceprincipal at the University of Kiev. Academic work, however, has always been his main priority. In the late years of his life, he published a number of works, presented several reports in Ukraine and abroad, and organized some conferences. On 12 May 2017, he passed away leaving a mark in the memory of all those who knew him.