US non-recognition policy regarding Crimea one year on
A year ago, US Secretary of State Michael Pompeo issued its Crimea Declaration which referred to the Welles…
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All the latest news about Crimea, occupied by Russia.
Russia can’t solve Crimea’s water problem
Desertification, land degradation and empty promises of occupation authorities: Crimea is still dealing with water shortage. Ukraine provided…
How Stalin destroyed the Crimean Tatar intellectual elite
Major changes in political strategy swept the USSR towards the end of the 1920s and 1930s. In 1937-1938,…
CTRC: 35 Crimean Tatars arrested for religious belief since start of 2019
Krasnohvardiysk “Hizb ut-Tahrir Case” (February 14, 2019): Arsen Abkhairov; Eskender Abdulhaniev; Rustem Emiruseinov; Second Simferopol “Hizb ut-Tahrir Case”…
NGOs to push for sanctions on 29 Crimea-based enterprises and their 60 Russian collaborators
The report calls the occupied Crimean peninsula not just one of the world's largest military bases but also…
75 years after deportation, Moscow’s genocide of the Crimean Tatars continues
On May 18, Crimean Tatars and their supporters around the world marked the 75th anniversary of Stalin’s deportation…
Glazyev tapes, continued: new details of Russian occupation of Crimea and attempts to dismember Ukraine
When Ukrainian prosecutors released audio intercepts that appeared to show the direct involvement of Kremlin top advisor Sergey…
Fallout from Putin’s privatization of Victory in annexed Crimea: Crimean Tatar monument desecrated
Whenever a leader sends signals that one group is preferred and all others are excluded, there is always…
Putin’s new “passport policy”: facts and consequences
In late April, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree on a simplified procedure allowing residents of the…
Czech Constitutional Court rules in favour of hotel ban on Russian citizens approving Crimean landgrab
Tomáš Krčmář, owner of Brioni Boutique Hotel, works and lives in the Czech city of Ostrava. Five years…
Only civic journalism can prevent Crimea’s total isolation. That’s why Russia is attacking it
The peninsula had disappeared from the first pages of international media outlets long ago. Ukrainian journalists rarely travel…
Faces of the Crimean Solidarity group who Russia baselessly arrested as “terrorists”
On 27 March, in its largest raid yet, Russian special services tore into the homes of several dozen…
Russia arrests 23 Crimean Tatars after largest raid ever in occupied Crimea
At about 6 AM on 27 March, Russian security forces raided more than 20 houses of Crimean Tatars…
Could Ukraine have fought off Crimean occupation? A crucial document you should know
Debates still erupt in Ukraine on whether the post-Euromaidan government made the right decision to restrain from military…
Portnikov: Is Crimea Ukraine’s Sudetenland?
The countries guaranteeing Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity have simply deceived us, as Great Britain and France deceived…
Since Anschluss, Moscow engaging in slow-motion deportation of Crimean Tatars, Kashapov says
When Stalin deported the Crimean Tatars in 1944, he loaded all of them on trains in the course…
Crimea – not sanctions – real harbinger of demise of Russian Federation, Telegram channel says
A compelling argument can be made that the Soviet Union died when it did and not much later…
Crimeans “withdraw” their referendum vote on 5th anniversary of Russian annexation
The photos of the leaflets were reportedly posted to Crimean forums. As twitter user wasily_crimea noted, the user…
US closer to preventing recognition of Crimea as Russian territory
Russia annexed the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea in 2014 weeks after the Euromaidan revolution which overthrew the pro-Russian…
Portnykov: Crimea is a symbol of international impotence
Five years ago, the meeting of the UN Security Council, during which Vitaliy Churkin, Russia’s Permanent Representative to…