DE FACTO STATES / PARA STATES

About:

• One of the solutions to settle the crisis over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is for the Donbas republics of Donestk and Luhansk to follow this model and exist as de facto states.
  
  
• Abkhazia, South Ossetia, and Transnistria, variously described as de facto or para states, are territories which have internal but not external sovereignty, i.e., they are not de jure states and are not recognised by the global community.
  
  
• However, Abkhazia and South Ossetia are recognised by Russia and some of its allies like Syria, Nauru, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Transnistria, however, is not recognised as independent even by Russia. But these three regions recognise each other and have their own governments, parliaments, armed forces, constitutions, flags, anthems, etc.
  
  
• All three territories have Russia as their patron state and cannot survive without economic, political, and military support from Moscow.
  
  

Can they be a model for the Donbass Republics?

• One of the solutions to settle the crisis over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is for the Donbass republics to follow the model of these de facto states.
  
  
• They would get recognition from Russia, get a security guarantor and exist as de facto states.
  
  
• Russia would also benefit from having friendly territories on its borders, allowing it to remain the hegemon in the region.