Puppet Government

Aggressors may artificially create and install fully controlled organs of power in occupied territories. Forming a puppet government allows the aggressor to simulate an internal civil conflict for the initial seizure of governance, and then to rule the region by proxy for long-term institutional consolidation.

ID: T0037
Sub-techniques:  No sub-techniques
People: Ukrainians
Version: 1.0
Created: 21 April 2026
Last Modified: 21 April 2026

Procedure Examples

ID Name Description
C0100 Beginning of the Russo-Ukrainian War: Armed Invasion and Occupation of Crimea (2014)

Forcible herding of deputies of the Supreme Council of Crimea into the seized building for a coerced vote and the appointment of S. Aksyonov, a prime minister loyal to the Kremlin[1].

C0072 Creation of a Puppet Government and Disguising the Intervention (December 1917 – Early 1918)

Holding a fake alternative congress in Kharkiv and creating the Moscow-controlled "People's Secretariat" to simulate an internal struggle[2].

C0012 Mazepa's Defection to Sweden and the Baturyn Massacre (1708)

Installation of a government fully controlled by Moscow after the destruction of the capital. Imposition of the loyal hetman Ivan Skoropadsky to ensure the uninterrupted exploitation of the Hetmanate[1][3].

S0012 Occupation and Controlled Administrations

Holding a fake alternative congress in Kharkiv and creating the Moscow-controlled "People's Secretariat" to simulate an internal struggle[2].

S0010 Regular Army

Installation of a government fully controlled by Moscow after the destruction of the capital. Imposition of the loyal hetman Ivan Skoropadsky to ensure the uninterrupted exploitation of the Hetmanate[1][3].

G0011 Russian Federation

Forcible herding of deputies of the Supreme Council of Crimea into the seized building for a coerced vote and the appointment of S. Aksyonov, a prime minister loyal to the Kremlin[1].

S0017 Secret Police and Security Services

Forcible herding of deputies of the Supreme Council of Crimea into the seized building for a coerced vote and the appointment of S. Aksyonov, a prime minister loyal to the Kremlin[1].

G0013 Soviet Russia (RSFSR)

Holding a fake alternative congress in Kharkiv and creating the Moscow-controlled "People's Secretariat" to simulate an internal struggle[2].

G0008 Tsardom of Muscovy

Installation of a government fully controlled by Moscow after the destruction of the capital. Imposition of the loyal hetman Ivan Skoropadsky to ensure the uninterrupted exploitation of the Hetmanate[1][3].

References

  1. Татьяна Таирова-Яковлева. (2007). Мазепа.