German DHL continues to operate in occupied Crimea
The German logistics company DHL continues to operate through so-called “partner service points” in Kerch, Sevastopol and Simferopol…
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Russian aggression in Europe and in Ukraine in particular.
Russian proxy “republic” sentences two pro-Ukrainian football fans to 13 & 17 years
On 26 October, journalist Roman Bochkala wrote on Facebook that an “LNR” court sentenced a fan of the Luhansk Zorya…
Possible name change for Crimea Kyiv’s response to ethnic claims in Western Ukraine, Abdulayeva says
A draft law that would label Crimea not “the Crimean Tatar Autonomous Republic” but rather “the Crimean Tatar…
Volunteer Mariya Berlinska’s outraged cry: “And when they come for us…
… Everything’s very clear… we all know what really happened. (On June 1, 2017, Amina Okueva and her…
Seven things you should know about pro-Kremlin disinformation
Contents 1) Pro-Kremlin disinformation can look like just another news story2) It comes from RT (Russia Today) and…
The humanitarian factor in Russia’s hybrid war
The recent release of convicted Crimean Tatar leaders Ilmi Umerov and Akhmet Chiygoz marks the first release of…
“LNR” admits to threat of rebellion due to high unemployment in occupied Luhansk
Occupied Alchevsk used to be the industrial centre of Luhansk Oblast, but is now almost totally abandoned by…
Liberated Crimean Tatar leaders: don’t forget other Ukrainian hostages of the Kremlin
The people whose joint efforts were crowned with the recent discharge of two prisoners, can and should make…
Crimean Tatar missing since 2014 found dead in occupied Crimea
The family of Lemar Aliadinov, a Crimean Tatar who went missing in occupied Crimea in 2014, was informed…
Who is who in Russian-run “Donetsk People’s Republic”
Contents Background of the takeover of DonbasInfluential groups in occupied DonetskOutsiders linked to DNR influence groupsInfluential groups of…
Putin’s approach to Crimean Tatar leaders like Brezhnev’s toward Soviet refuseniks, Portnikov says
Vladimir Putin’s freeing and then expulsion abroad of Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiygoz, two leaders of the Crimean…
How one hospital has become a medical lifeline for Ukrainians in combat zone
Russia’s war in eastern Ukraine forced hundreds of thousands to leave their homes — among them Hennadii Hryhoriev, an expert…
Sobchak’s statement on Crimea has profound consequences for the future, Portnikov says
Kseniya Sobchak’s statement that Crimea is Ukrainian under international law may not matter too much in the short…
“Donetsk People’s Republic” ex-PM inadvertently admits he carried out Kremlin plans
As Crimea was occupied by Russia at the end of February 2014, Russia established several training camps in…
Imprisoned Crimean Tatar leaders Chiygoz and Umerov released by Russia, flown to Turkey
Crimean Tatar leaders Akhtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov, who were sentenced in occupied Crimea in politically motivated trials,…
Sobchak says ‘Crimea is Ukraine. Period’
Kseniya Sobchak, the Kremlin-promoted “sparring partner” for Vladimir Putin in the upcoming presidential elections, says that “Crimea is…
United Ukraine supporter appointed head of ruling “party” in occupied Donetsk
During the previous week, the Russian-installed leader of Donetsk Aleksandr Zakharchenko informed that his political rival Denis Pushilin, speaker…
Russian TV is not about Russia: Ukraine, US, EU get six times more attention in last week’s most watched shows
This is a weekly summary of the main topics on Russia’s most-watched TV news channels. The news shows’…
Ukrainian teen abducted by Russian FSB charged with school bomb plot, denied medical treatment
While Pavlo now faces 5 to 10-year imprisonment, his life remains at risk as he has a disability…
From Euromaidan to the prisons of Donbas: the tale of a Ukrainian military chaplain
“The absolute worst part of being a prisoner of war was not knowing when you would be killed-…