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…
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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…
Russia may kill disabled Crimean Tatar with “most absurd” show trial yet
The 57-year-old Crimean Tatar activist, who had for 18 years suffered from numerous health conditions, was apprehended at…
2019 will be ‘a year without Crimea” for Putin, Portnikov says
The coming year, Vitaly Portnikov says, will be another “year without Crimea” for Vladimir Putin, one where he…
Crimean Tatars see Budapest Memorandum as key to recovery of their homeland
Mustafa Dzhemilev, the leader of the Crimean Tatars, says that the goal of his nation is “the establishment…
New UNGA resolution: Crimea temporarily occupied by Russia, Russia must release political prisoners & stop repressions
On 22 December, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution A73/L.48 titled “Situation of human rights in…
Deaths will exceed births in Crimea every year through 2035, Russian occupiers say
The Crimean Statistical Agency (CSA), a branch of the Russian occupation authorities, says that deaths will exceed births…
Russians will celebrate return of Crimea to Ukraine if Putin tells them to, Portnikov says
The possibility that Vladimir Putin will return two or more of the Kurile Islands the Soviet Union seized…
Putin treating captured Ukrainian sailors the way Stalin would have, Eidman says
The international community must do everything possible to save the Ukrainian sailors Russian forces took prisoner because Vladimir…
Russian fighter jet blasted Ukrainian ships with unguided missiles in Azov Sea, SBU claims
Read also: Russian attack on Ukrainian ships near Kerch Strait – full chronology On its YouTube channel, the…
Russian wave of disinformation from the Azov Sea
The stories published by Russia Today have clear signs of distorting the facts as they state that “Ukrainian ships entered…
Russia takes 24 prisoners of war after attacking Ukrainian ships in Azov, televises “confessions”
After the Russian attack on Ukrainian vessels near the Azov Sea on November 25, Ukraine introduced martial law…
Russian military leadership ordered escalation in Black Sea, Ukrainian army intercepts show
Commander of the guard ship "Don" reports to HQ, "I pushed it [the Ukrainian tugboat] the second time,…
Russia attacks Ukrainian ships near Kerch strait – video, audio intercepts
On 25 November, in an escalation of tensions which had been developing since summer 2018, three Ukrainian ships…