Russia was ‘Doomed to Expand [its] Aggression’ Against Ukraine: Cultural Property Criminals' Responses to the Invasion and Occupation of the Donbas Since 20th February 2014

Abstract

This study explores how Russia's invasion and occupation of Ukraine has affected cultural property crime and how cultural property criminals have responded to those practical, social, political and economic changes. To do so, this online ethnography draws on netnographic data from 184 artefact-hunters across Ukraine,