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 | 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]. |