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…
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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…
New documentary: “A struggle for survival of the indigenous people of Crimea”
The Crimean Tatar Resource Center has released a new documentary dedicated to the history of the indigenous population…
Top Moscow bank to stop servicing sanctioned Russian defense firms
Oleg Sysuyev, the deputy head of Alfa-Bank, Russia's seventh largest bank by net assets, says that his institution will…
Siemens fails to convince Russian court that it was duped in Crimea sanctions scandal
In its decision published on 21 December, the Moscow Arbitration Court explains why it dismissed the claim of the action of Siemens…
New UN resolution on Crimea confirms Russia is an occupying power, brings 10 important changes for Ukraine
On December 19, the UN General Assembly voted in support of a resolution on the human rights situation…
Spirits unbroken: “Crimean Solidarity” pays $14,000 of fines of repressed activists with coins
In December 2017, the Ukrainian civic initiative Euromaidan SOS awarded its annual Volunteer Prize to the Crimean Tatar…
How falling for Putin’s Crimea narrative will feed Russian expansionism
In summer 2017, the German Bundestag election campaign was rocked by an unexpected statement from the leader of…
‘State Reserve Fund Running Out, Ruble Collapse Predicted’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Giving into Russian blackmail will destroy Council of Europe: European intellectuals, Crimean Tatar leaders, Ukrainian NGOs
As reported, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe adopted a decision aimed at lifting political sanctions…
Russian occupiers now hold at least 70 political prisoners in Crimea
To mark International Human Rights Day, the Crimean Human Rights Defense Group has released an infographic on the…
Breaking the rules: Crimea, disinformation, doping
On December 2, the news broke that the International Olympic Committee (IOC) decided to sanction Russia’s participation in the 2018…
“Ever More Russians Fleeing Moscow’s Oppression for Ukraine” and other neglected Russian news
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Russian blood, urine, and lies
The counterfeit athletes are just a part of Russia's giant machinery of falsification. The same thing is true…
Russian occupiers making Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar ‘outcast’ languages
Since the 2014 Anschluss, Moscow has often tested out policies of repression on the Ukrainian peninsula that it…