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Tetiana Kotelnykova, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
Putin annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula and began supporting pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country in 2014.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 4 June 2025
That conflict had recently escalated, with pro-Russian separatists seizing key towns in the Donetsk and Luhansk after Russia illegally annexed the peninsula of Crimea in February 2014.
—Anna Batta, The Conversation, 2 June 2025
Subsequently, Russia annexed Crimea, pro-Russian separatists proclaimed the independence of the oblasts that comprise the Donbas region, and the Russo-Ukrainian war began.
—Clare Morell, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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Russia was occupying our land and backing armed separatists, but Ukraine was told to negotiate.
—Tetiana Kotelnykova, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2025
Putin annexed Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula and began supporting pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country in 2014.
—Alexander Smith, NBC news, 4 June 2025
That conflict had recently escalated, with pro-Russian separatists seizing key towns in the Donetsk and Luhansk after Russia illegally annexed the peninsula of Crimea in February 2014.
—Anna Batta, The Conversation, 2 June 2025
Subsequently, Russia annexed Crimea, pro-Russian separatists proclaimed the independence of the oblasts that comprise the Donbas region, and the Russo-Ukrainian war began.
—Clare Morell, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 May 2025
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Iran, for its part, also deployed some military advisers, including Soleimani, but Tehran's efforts were largely carried out by allied militias from across the region, many of whom have also been accused of inflaming sectarian tensions.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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Radical, often foreign jihadists still make up a significant portion of the armed forces, ISIS is resurgent, former Assad loyalists remain dissatisfied, the economy is nonexistent from 13 years of warfare, and countless sectarian divisions threaten to rupture at any moment.—
Brady Knox,
The Washington Examiner,
15 June 2025
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As analysts have previously told Newsweek, even those critical of the Islamic Republic often rally behind the central government in the face of external threats and secessionist movements.—
Tom O'Connor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 June 2025
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However, most countries are loath to encourage secessionist movements.—
Kate Bartlett,
Christian Science Monitor,
12 June 2025
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Such was the case this past weekend, when tens of millions of fans keyed in on the denouement of the college basketball season at the expense of lesser spectacles such as spring football and one notoriously schismatic pro golf startup.—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The potential members of a schismatic Catholic sect are located in areas of the world such as the United States, where the church has significant financial resources and assets, plus a wide array of independent Catholic institutions that operate largely outside the hierarchy of the church.—
Massimo Faggioli,
Foreign Affairs,
11 Oct. 2018
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“Separatist.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/separatist. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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