Putin repeating Stalin’s deportation of Crimean Tatars in slow motion
But on this anniversary, the first since the easing of the pandemic, Crimean Tatars both in the homeland…
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Being yourself is not a crime: look into the eyes of kids of Crimean Tatar political prisoners jailed by Russia
Childhood is a time of brightest memories, which you remember for the rest of your life. The childhoods…
Pull off a kangaroo court in five easy steps: a how-to guide from Russia
Do you need to jail a political opponent? Demonize an entire ethnicity for geopolitical benefits? Look no further,…
Moscow to drill for fresh water under Azov Sea, not to help Crimea but to back its claims
The Crimean Peninsula has suffered increasingly serious water shortages ever since Russia illegally occupied and annexed Ukraine’s Crimea…
Role of airborne troops in Russia’s military buildup in occupied Crimea
Exactly when the aforementioned units’ deployment to Crimea took place is somewhat hazy. To judge from the various…
(No) right to a fair trial, or a manual to Russia’s conveyor of repressions in Crimea
Seven years ago, Russian Special Operations Forces with no badges yet equipped with Russian weapons took over a…
Grundfos says it took all precautions to prevent Crimea sanctions breach, and this raises questions
The seven pumps jointly produced by Grundfos and Siemens that will procure groundwater for Simferopol, the capital of…
Russia closing off more of Black Sea even as it pulls its land forces back from Ukrainian border
Russia may be extending its control over the Black Sea at the very moment Moscow is being praised…
Russia effectively seizes control of Sea of Azov, threatening Ukraine
Moscow’s justification for what it has done is that it is planning naval exercises in the region and…
Seizing Ukrainian water for Russian-occupied Crimea #1 task for Putin, Illarionov says
Vladimir Putin has long made clear that he doesn’t believe that Ukraine has a right to exist as…
Constructing the terror: Russia’s forged cases of “Ukrainian extremism”
The “spies” and the “terrorists” In late March this year, the Military Court in the city of Rostov-on-Don…
“Poke-and-probe.” Why Russia is massing troops & military hardware along Ukraine border
In the event of full-scale escalation, Russia could conceivably achieve a military victory, even at the cost of…
Sanctions breach suspected as Siemens & Grundfos equipment spotted at water station in occupied Crimea
A new water conduit station near Simferopol, the capital of Ukraine's Crimea peninsula which Russia occupied in 2014,…
Biden phones Zelenskyy amid Russian troop build-up along Ukrainian borders and escalation in Donbas
Ukraine has been locked in a conflict with Russia since March 2014 when Russia annexed Ukraine's southernmost region…
Forced migration in Crimea as part of Russia’s ‘hybrid’ strategy
Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Decree No. 201 came into effect on March 20, 2021. The executive edict adds…
The quiet front: the battle of identities in occupied Crimea and Donbas
History weaponized Just as heavily armored “little green men” invaded and occupied Crimea, and Russian tanks entered eastern…
See which countries side with Russia during the UNGA votes on Crimea
Since 2014, the UN General Assembly has adopted resolutions on violations of human rights and international norms in…
Putin claims right to territories of former Soviet republics
Speaking to a meeting on the seventh anniversary of his Anschluss of Crimea, Vladimir Putin said that the…
A Ukrainian moment on the eve of the European Council meeting
Since Russia began its military aggression against Ukraine in 2014, with the significant exception of Germany’s highly controversial wavering…
It is high time for Ukraine to create a domestic sanctions policy
Ukraine has announced preparations for the Crimean Platform summit, scheduled for 23 August 2021. Amongst its objectives, Ukraine…