Four years after annexation: Ukraine still connected with occupied Crimea, albeit weakly
The Ukrainian state’s strategy concerning the more than 2 million citizens who remain in Crimea is this: Ukraine…
Browsing Tag
Crimea
1622 posts
Little green men: the annexation of Crimea as an emblem of pro-Kremlin disinformation
After Crimea, the world learned a new word of Russian origin, dezinformatsiya – in English: disinformation. The Kremlin forced to…
The attack on media freedom in Crimea threatens to stop coverage of rights abuses
Last Wednesday, Putin gave a speech to a crowd of cheering supporters in the Crimean city of Sevastapol.…
Crimean jailed for Ukrainian flag announces termless hunger strike
Volodymyr Balukh, the Crimean activist who flew the Ukrainian flag over his house in Russian-occupied Crimea, has gone…
The Crimean Tatar Palace and other historic sites Russia is destroying in occupied Crimea
Read also: Crimea’s occupied cultural heritage Among the illegal activities in Crimea, the prosecutors mentioned the following suspected crimes:…
Military base instead of a resort: Crimea four years after the occupation
On 16 March 2014, Russia established its illegal rule in Crimea by holding a so-called referendum. In the…
We must protect Crimea’s human rights defenders
It is an unfortunate fact that many governments misuse anti-terrorism laws against human rights defenders. Yet, the extent…
Tatar political prisoner: I will continue to denounce Russia’s criminal government
Would you describe the day you left the prison? Actually, a conflict arose on the day I left…
Russia’s “ghost” armies and the “heroes of the Russian spring” in Ukraine
Despite the initial silence around these deaths in the Russian media and a significant understatement of losses, the…
Ukrainian taxi driver tortured and jailed to prove Russia’s “Ukrainian saboteur” scam
On 16 February 2017, the Supreme Court of occupied Crimea sentenced Ukrainian taxi driver Andriy Zakhtey to six…
UK journalist who wrote about Crimean Tatar political prisoners fined, expelled from Crimea
The British journalist Madeline Roache, who wrote about human rights in the post-Soviet space, especially the political abuse…
Crimea conference members at European Parliament call for boycott of FIFA World Cup in Russia
“I call on the international community to exert pressure on all forums, including bilateral negotiations with Russia, so…
PACE urges Russia end support to illegal armed groups in Donbas, cease repressions in Crimea
As several amendments to the initial draft resolution were passed, 56 delegates representing the PACE member states favored the resolution,…
Crimean factory gets generators from German company in breach of EU sanctions – media
After the Finnish company Wärtsilä refused to sell generators to the “Zaliv” ship-building factory in Kerch, occupied Crimea, they…
Ukraine must push its case about human losses in Crimea before the Hague ICC, says lawyer Andrei Vodik
Major Stanislav Karachevsky of the 10th Saky Naval Aviation Brigade was fatally shot in the back from an…
Crimean court sentences activist who flew Ukrainian flag in gravely falsified trial
On 16 January 2017, Volodymyr Balukh, the Crimean farmer who kept raising the Ukrainian flag above his house…
Uprooted Crimean Tatar Restaurant Finds New Home in Kyiv
"It wasn't easy, our biggest fans at the beginning were our neighbours, who were actually very nice. Mostly…
Germany, Norway deliver ilmenite ore to occupied Crimea in sanctions breach
Every month, ilmenite is delivered by sea to the Kerch port of Kamysh-Burun in the east of occupied…
‘Ukrainian-Language Samizdat Appears in Russia-Occupied Crimea’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Crimea and the depletion of Russia’s resources
At first glance it is difficult to find a connection between the disappearance of funds in Russia's Reserve…