Euromaidan Press is making the documentary Putin’s Hostages: Ukrainian political prisoners of the Kremlin, freely available online. The documentary includes English, Ukrainian, German, Polish, and Russian subtitles. Putin’s...
Since the beginning of the occupation of Crimea, it were the Crimean Tatars who suffered the brunt of Russian repressions. Their elected representative body — the Mejlis — was banned as an extremist organization in 2016,...
After the occupation of Crimea in 2014, Russian authorities launched a wave of raids and searches in Crimean Tatar homes. The Tatars were accused and continue to be accused of “participation in the terrorist organization Hizb...
Childhood is a time of brightest memories, which you remember for the rest of your life. The childhoods of many Crimean children were cut short on the day when the representatives of Russian occupational forces broke into their homes in...
Do you need to jail a political opponent? Demonize an entire ethnicity for geopolitical benefits? Look no further, we have the perfect guide for you. Russia currently holds behind bars at least 121 Ukrainians for politically motivated...
2021 marked the seventh anniversary of the Russian occupation of the part of sovereign Ukrainian territory, the Crimean peninsula. But not everyone in Crimea shares pro-Russian sentiments. And those who disagree with the occupation regime...
The “spies” and the “terrorists” In late March this year, the Military Court in the city of Rostov-on-Don sentenced Oleg Prykhodko, a 63-year-old Ukrainian living in Crimea, to 5 years in a high-security prison. The authorities...
Regarding your post Russia now has more political prisoners than USSR did in 1976. I greatly respect Paul Goble and his important work over the years. I also respect the other individuals he mentions in his article about political...
Two years ago, Russian activist Vladimir Kara-Murza pointed out that Vladimir Putin’s Russia had more political prisoners than the USSR did when Andrey Sakharov began calling attention to them in the USSR in 1976. In the period since...
Dear Ladies and Gentleman, First of all, allow me to thank the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Estonia for initiating this event, as well as other UN Member States for co-sponsoring it. Seven years ago, on these days, when...
Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia Van Voren: Of course, you have a number of Lithuanians who managed quite cleverly to gather wealth and become the upper layer in society. But the extremes you see in Ukraine or Russia is something that didn’t...
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