Siemens CEO’s cheap excuses for Crimea sanctions breach VS the facts
On 23 September 2017, Siemens‘ CEO Joe Kaeser gave an interview with the German outlet Spiegel in which he said…
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‘Russia Disappearing from Radar Screen of Young Ukrainians’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Four Crimean Tatars detained in new wave of religious persecution
Victims of the Russian “police of thought” On 2 October, masked Russian security officers raided the house of…
EU Parliament demands Russia release 47 Ukrainian de facto political prisoners, urges sanctions
The European Parliament (EP) urges the Russian regime to end repression against representatives of the Crimean Tatar people…
Catalonia is (not) Crimea. The differences and commonalities of two referendums
The Russian state-funded TV channel RT broadcasted an interview with Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party…
‘UN: Human Rights in Crimea Have Deteriorated Since Occupation’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Crimea suffering from ‘East German Syndrome,’ Moscow scholar says
There have been almost as many premature deaths in Crimea as a result of rapidly rising mortality rates…
“See you in the Hague!” Last word of Crimean Tatar leader Umerov on Russian show trial
The lawyer Nikolai Polozov, who had been illegally removed from the trial, said at the press conference that…
UN report condemns Russia over human rights abuses in occupied Crimea
“We have documented reliable allegations of serious human rights violations and abuses, committed by a paramilitary formation, the…
‘Russian Banking System on Brink of Collapse’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Russia set to cut funding of proxy “republics” in Donbas in favor of Crimea – media
The Russian government intends to stop the “humanitarian assistance to certain territories” in favor of financing projects in…
“It’s Russia which broke the law” – last word of Crimean journalist prosecuted for opposing illegal landgrab
Your Honor! Respected Court! All the participants in the trial are witnesses to the fact that I was…
Russia putting historic Crimean landmarks in danger
Ukraine’s Ministry of Temporary Occupied Territories has appealed to UNESCO for help in resolving the situation. The Swallow’s…
Russian attack helicopter violates Ukrainian airspace first time since 2014
On 5 September, Facebook user Viktor Vyshnivetskyi shared three photographs and a video of a military helicopter flying…
‘Putin’s aggression in Ukraine: 35,000 killed and wounded’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Repression of Muslims in Crimea – a reflection of Moscow’s fear of Islam as an anti-colonial force
Zair Smedlyayev, a Crimean Tatar activist, and Said Ismagilov, the mufti of the Umma Muslim Spiritual Directorate (MSD)…
Serfdom lives on in Russian thinking and official practice, Kirillova says
Although serfdom was officially abolished in 1861, its underlying principles live on in Russian thinking and official practice,…
Another “terrorist”? Russian FSB kidnaps, tortures Crimean Tatar to obtain false “confession”
Early morning September 13, unknown people in masks and FSB attire broke into the house where local merchant Renat…
World powers, human rights organizations indignant about Russia’s conviction of Crimean Tatar leader
In its response to the verdict, the US Department of State points to the legal nonsense that underlies…
Imam of Iranian Sunni Muslims condemns Russia’s persecution of Crimean Tatars
The problem of the Russian occupation of Crimea and oppression of its indigenous Crimean Tatar people has been…
