Under Putin, Circassians and Crimean Tatars at greatest risk of repression – and for same reasons
For most of Soviet times, Western commentators, to the extent they dealt with the issue at all, assumed…
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All the latest news about Crimea, occupied by Russia.
Russian coverage of Jamala’s victory descends to the level of old Soviet anecdote
The Russian media which had predicted the victory of the Russian competitor in this year’s Eurovision song competition,…
‘Jamala glorified Ukraine and Crimea!’ — Crimeans on Jamala’s Eurovision win
Jamala’s win in Eurovision 2016 song festival brought a lot of joy, pride and happiness to people in…
Crimea comes to Eurovision
Eurovision 2016 will go down in history because of the “1944” song. Today Jamala will sing at Eurovision…
Life in annexed Crimea: Protesting Russia’s brutal occupation
Despite the nearly-omnipresent and brutal neo-KGB secret police structures established by Russia in annexed Crimea, pro-Ukrainian Crimeans find clever…
Crimean Tatars find new home in traditional Lviv
After Russia occupied Ukraine’s peninsula of Crimea on March 2014, thousands of Crimean Tatars were forced to leave their…
8 shades of Jamala, Ukraine’s Eurovision contestant
10 May is the day when this year’s Eurovision Song Contest starts in Stockholm, Sweden. What do you…
Russian aggression against Ukraine and international law: 25 key theses
For almost 2 years Ukraine is still one of the central issues of international politics. The unprecedented Revolution…
I am Crimean Tatar, Crimea is Ukraine!
Activities of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People are banned by the so-called Supreme Court of Crimea, causing…
Crimea: Yeltsin’s lucidity and Putin’s blindness
In his interview with the Voice of America, Andrei Kozyrev, first Foreign Minister of Russia under President Boris…
Portnikov calls for establishing pan-Crimean body for liberation of Russian-occupied Crimea
Ukrainian commentator Vitaly Portnikov says that Ukrainians must recognize that Crimea is–like the Donbas–a Russian-occupied territory and will…
What Moscow did to Koenigsberg, it will do to Crimea
Moscow’s destructive approach to its exclave of Kaliningrad [former East Prussian city of Koenigsberg – Ed.] over the last 70 years suggests…
Seven reasons why Putin’s war in Ukraine is a turning point in Russian and world history
As the world’s attention shifts, many Russians and many in the West are telling themselves that Vladimir Putin’s…
Russia’s suspension of Mejlis “Hitlerism” – World Congress of Crimean Tatars
The World Congress of Crimean Tatars has slammed the recent decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice to…
Ukraine must deny the “DNR,” “LNR,” and “Republic of Crimea” any claim to legitimacy
We must not create the illusion that Ukraine can exist where there is no Ukrainian flag, Ukrainian government…
Kerch bridge emblematic of new Russian imperialism, Kazarin says
Even though Moscow is facing difficulties financial as well as technical building its bridge to occupied Crimea, there…
Sanctions should be the EU’s response to the “suspension” of the Mejlis
The self-proclaimed prosecutor of Crimea Nataliya Poklonskaya decided not to wait for the predictable decision of the “court”…
7 myths driving Russia’s assault against the Crimean Tatars
Russia continues its assault on the Crimean Tatars. On Wednesday, 13 April 2016, the so-called “prosecutor” of Crimea Nataliya Poklonskaya…
Historia de Crimea. Lo que siempre quisiste saber, pero tenías miedo de preguntar
De hecho, una propaganda similar realmente tuvo lugar en ese momento. Rusia había estado reescribiendo libros de historia…
Deportation, autonomy, and occupation in the story of one Crimean Tatar
The sad history of the indigenous peoples of the Crimean peninsula repeats itself. Over 70 years ago Crimean…