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…
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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…
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…