Crimea
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  2019/12/03 - 23:58 • Crimea, Russian Aggression

  Company that brought “little green men” to Crimea violated EU sanctions for...

  The companies that violated the sanctions are subsidiaries of the large transportation group AnRussTrans controlled by former Deputy Minister of Russia’s Railway Transport Alexandr Annenkov and his family members. The TIS-Crimea company,...

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  2019/11/19 - 04:24 • Crimea, Hybrid War

  Russia returns Ukrainian naval ships it highjacked a year ago

  The first reports on the handover of the Ukrainian vessels surfaced on 16 November. The Russian online newspaper Kommersant, citing unnamed sources, reported on Moscow’s decision to return the ships. An aide to Ukrainian President...

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  2019/11/02 - 11:22 • Crimea, Op-ed

  46 Crimean Tatar organizations call for end to Russian occupation of their...

  Meeting in Ankara, representatives of 46 Crimean Tatar organizations said that the only way to end human rights abuses in Crimea is to end the Russian occupation, called on the international community to continue to press for that end, and...

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  2019/10/25 - 11:40 • Crimea, Op-ed, Russian Aggression

  Experts: UN report understates Moscow’s effort to Russify occupied Crimea

  Ukrainian officials are pleased that the United Nations has acknowledged that Russia is an occupying power in Crimea and that it has promoted demographic change there in violation of the Geneva Convention. But Ukrainian experts are...

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  2019/10/19 - 10:10 • Crimea, International, Russian Aggression, War in the Donbas

  Peace in Donbas and deoccupation of Crimea are possible and necessary: Paris...

  First of all, the world must recognize that a hybrid war is being waged by Russia against Ukraine both in Crimea and the Donbas, both on land and at sea. Since February 2014, the war has caused more than 13,000 deaths, left tens of...

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  2019/10/18 - 19:14 • Crimea

  Russia’s replacement of population in occupied Crimea violates Geneva Convention – UN...

  Read also: New UNGA resolution: Crimea temporarily occupied by Russia, Russia must release political prisoners & stop repressions (December 2018 Resolution) It was the UN Assistant Secretary-General for Human Rights Andrew...

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  2019/09/27 - 11:04 • Crimea

  “They can destroy buildings, but not the spirit,” – Crimean Archbishop on...

  Russia continues to oppress Ukrainian citizens in the occupied Crimea not only for their civil stance, but also for their religion. Crimean Tatar Muslims and Christian Orthodox worshipers belonging to the Orthodox Church of Ukraine (OCU)...

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  2019/09/18 - 19:57 • Crimea, Op-ed, Politics, War in the Donbas

  Zelenskyy is Putin’s golden opportunity to realize his goals in Ukraine –...

  – Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs has announced a certain détente between Ukraine and Russia. Many Ukrainians associate this warming with Zelenskyy’s rhetoric, which is radically different from Poroshenko’s – it’s...

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  2019/08/14 - 11:22 • Crimea, Op-ed

  As long as Crimea remains occupied, Kurban-Bayram will have ‘special meaning’ for...

  Mufti Ayder Rustemov, the head of the Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD) of Crimea who is now living in Kyiv, says that “as long as Crimea is occupied, the Muslim holiday of Kurban-Bayram will have special meaning for Crimean Tatars”...

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  2019/08/04 - 12:33 • Crimea, Russian Aggression

  Portnikov: It’s not about ‘negotiation formats,’ it’s about Russia

  The President of Ukraine’s new representative in Crimea, Anton Korynevych, speaks about the need to find an international format for negotiations on the future of the annexed peninsula. Korynevych reminds Ukrainians that there are...

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