Concerning the international legal grounds for the declaration of independence of the Republic of Crimea

The article is devoted to consideration of the international legal grounds for the declaration of independence of the Republic of Crimea, the interpretation of these grounds in the science of international law. The article presents a comparative legal analysis of the declaration of independence of the Republic of Crimea and the existing precedents of the proclamation and recognition of the territories independence. The author analyzes the current doctrinal interpretation of the correlation concerning the principle of territorial integrity of states and the principle of national self-determination in international law.