during my LLB under Public international law unit in my third year, we were taught secession is legal, if people who share the same culture , language come together and hold a referendum and vote to secede . this is done especially if a people are oppressed by the govt for a long time , clearly Azov NAZIs have been oppressing the Russians in the four states going against the JUS COGENS principle .
its a legal process which is allowed under international law . thats what the four states did and its completely legal and they followed all the procedures to the letter . musidanganywe na CNN,ALJAzeera and other fake news station that Putin has broken any laws .
the four states also used the international law principle of right to self determination .
after SECESSION the 4 states decided to unify with the motherland Russia.
the illegal way of acquiring territory is ANNEXATION
but fake news channels CNN , ALjazeera watawadanganya ati it was annexation to get bullshit sympathy .