Hacked military docs reveal how the Russian 18th motorized brigade invaded Crimea
The Russian occupation of Crimea started back in 2014, four years ago, following the three-month long Euromaidan protests…
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74 years on, Russian genocide of Crimean Tatars continues
Seventy-four years ago, Joseph Stalin deported the Crimean Tatars from their historical homeland, an action that cost nearly…
Moscow forming ‘death squads’ in occupied Crimea and elsewhere, Shmulyevich says
Avraam Shmulyevich says that Moscow is forming Latin American-style “death squads” in occupied Crimea, the Russian Federation and…
Hague court rules Russia must compensate Ukrainian investors $159 mn for Crimea losses
"On 2 May 2018, having deliberated, the Tribunal issued its unanimous Award on the Merits, addressing issues pertaining…
Four years after annexation: Ukraine still connected with occupied Crimea, albeit weakly
The Ukrainian state’s strategy concerning the more than 2 million citizens who remain in Crimea is this: Ukraine…
The Crimean Tatar Palace and other historic sites Russia is destroying in occupied Crimea
Read also: Crimea’s occupied cultural heritage Among the illegal activities in Crimea, the prosecutors mentioned the following suspected crimes:…
Military base instead of a resort: Crimea four years after the occupation
On 16 March 2014, Russia established its illegal rule in Crimea by holding a so-called referendum. In the…
Tatar political prisoner: I will continue to denounce Russia’s criminal government
Would you describe the day you left the prison? Actually, a conflict arose on the day I left…
Ukrainian taxi driver tortured and jailed to prove Russia’s “Ukrainian saboteur” scam
On 16 February 2017, the Supreme Court of occupied Crimea sentenced Ukrainian taxi driver Andriy Zakhtey to six…
UK journalist who wrote about Crimean Tatar political prisoners fined, expelled from Crimea
The British journalist Madeline Roache, who wrote about human rights in the post-Soviet space, especially the political abuse…
Crimea conference members at European Parliament call for boycott of FIFA World Cup in Russia
“I call on the international community to exert pressure on all forums, including bilateral negotiations with Russia, so…
PACE urges Russia end support to illegal armed groups in Donbas, cease repressions in Crimea
As several amendments to the initial draft resolution were passed, 56 delegates representing the PACE member states favored the resolution,…
Ukraine must push its case about human losses in Crimea before the Hague ICC, says lawyer Andrei Vodik
Major Stanislav Karachevsky of the 10th Saky Naval Aviation Brigade was fatally shot in the back from an…
Crimean court sentences activist who flew Ukrainian flag in gravely falsified trial
On 16 January 2017, Volodymyr Balukh, the Crimean farmer who kept raising the Ukrainian flag above his house…
Uprooted Crimean Tatar Restaurant Finds New Home in Kyiv
"It wasn't easy, our biggest fans at the beginning were our neighbours, who were actually very nice. Mostly…
Germany, Norway deliver ilmenite ore to occupied Crimea in sanctions breach
Every month, ilmenite is delivered by sea to the Kerch port of Kamysh-Burun in the east of occupied…
New documentary: “A struggle for survival of the indigenous people of Crimea”
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center has released a new documentary dedicated to the history of the indigenous population…
Spirits unbroken: “Crimean Solidarity” pays $14,000 of fines of repressed activists with coins
In December 2017, the Ukrainian civic initiative Euromaidan SOS awarded its annual Volunteer Prize to the Crimean Tatar…
How falling for Putin’s Crimea narrative will feed Russian expansionism
In summer 2017, the German Bundestag election campaign was rocked by an unexpected statement from the leader of…
Russian occupiers now hold at least 70 political prisoners in Crimea
To mark International Human Rights Day, the Crimean Human Rights Defense Group has released an infographic on the…