That was the case when Bangladesh seceded from Pakistan, and it was also allegedly the case when NATO supported Kosovo’s independence from Serbia. But this is not true of Scotland or Catalonia; nor, despite Russian propaganda, does it appear to be the case for those regions of Ukraine with ethnic Russian majorities.
孟加拉脱离巴基斯坦时就属于这种情况，有人认为同样的情况也适用于北约支持科索沃独立于塞尔维亚。但苏格兰或加泰罗尼亚却并非如此；尽管俄国竭力宣传，俄罗斯族占多数的乌克兰地区也不属于这种情况。