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…
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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…
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…
Seven messages from Mustafa Dzhemilev on his 75th Birthday
Mustafa Dzhemilev, who has been fighting for the rights of the Crimean Tatar nation for six decades against…
Russians moving into occupied Crimea now form one-fifth of its population
Since the Russian occupation of Crimea began four years ago, the combination of its longtime residents being forced…
‘The disappeared’ – the hidden part of Russia’s hybrid deportation of the Crimean Tatars
Today as they have done every August 30, the International Day for Remembering Those Who Have Disappeared, Crimean…
Russian occupiers continue to destroy history and culture of Crimean Tatars
The sacking of Bilyal Bilyalov as head of the Crimean Tatar Academic Musical-Dramatic Theater this week on trumped…
Trump’s challenging of broad consensus on Crimea will lead to a broader war, Skobov says
Even if Donald Trump doesn’t recognize as legitimate Vladimir Putin’s Anschluss of Crimea, the US president’s hints that…
Russia’s transformation of ethnic mix in occupied Crimea an act of genocide
Most definitions of genocide focus on the mass murder of one ethnic group by representatives of another, but…
Two dangerous proposals on Crimea with even more dangerous consequences
Any time a dispute lasts beyond a few weeks, it is almost inevitable that some of those involved…
Putin repeating Stalin’s genocide with ‘new hybrid deportation of Crimean Tatars’
Seventy years after Stalin expelled 200,000 Crimean Tatars from their homeland, Vladimir Putin is doing it again, albeit…
74 years on, Russian genocide of Crimean Tatars continues
Seventy-four years ago, Joseph Stalin deported the Crimean Tatars from their historical homeland, an action that cost nearly…
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.…
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:…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…