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…
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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…
Ukraine can’t count on NATO for protection vs the “Russian world”, ex-NATO rep in Russia Capt Gary Tabach
- In your opinion, were the Ukrainian authorities right in not allowing Ukrainian citizens residing in Russia to…
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…
It matters profoundly what ‘Crimean Tatars’ are called, Belitser says
Moscow has made a concerted effort to present the Crimean Tatars as simply a branch of Tatars who…
Five years after Anschluss, US moves toward a formal non-recognition policy on Crimea
US leaders like their EU counterparts since Vladimir Putin invaded and then annexed Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014 have…
Google puts profit before principle on Crimea, Portnikov says
Moscow media outlets are celebrating Google’s decision to show Crimea as part of Russia, even though it will…
Will Putin face the tribunal for Russia’s “human shields” in Crimea?
The concept of “human shields” in international law International humanitarian law prohibits the use of civilians for military…
Conflict over Crimea between two peoples, not just two states, Portnikov says
When the history of the 21st century is written, Vitaly Portnikov says, Russia’s occupation of Crimea “beyond any…
Kirillova: Sochi Games scandal revealed what Putin was like even before Crimea
Five years ago this weekend, the Sochi Olympiad ended with many Russians convinced that it showed Russia had…
Russian propaganda concocts “moral migration” from EU to Russia-occupied Crimea
A migrating story about moral migrants In order to support the claim about the alleged moral migrants, a…
Five-year-long disinformation campaign didn’t make Crimea Russian
Polite and green men Heavily armed and stripped of their insignia, Russian soldiers quietly took control over Crimea’s…
Crimea’s Russians who backed Anschluss now turning against Moscow, Vasiliyev says
Many ethnic Russians who lived in Crimea before the Anschluss considered themselves more Russian than even those in…
Russia’s deportation of Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars from occupied Crimea a “neo-imperial policy tool” – report
In February 2014, Russia started a military operation to occupy and annex a part Ukraine - the Crimean…
First int’l human rights mission since occupation reports on how Russia crushes opposition in Crimea
The mission to Crimea met with more than 50 people, including victims of human rights violations and their…
Russia prepared to occupy Crimea back in 2010 and other things we learned from Yanukovych’s treason trial
The prosecutors asked the court to sentence Yanukovych to 15 years imprisonment, the maximal term prescribed for high…
Crimea circa 1890 in color(ed) photographs
The US Library of Congress hosts a number of unique colorized postcards from modern-day Ukraine made by the…