Crimean Tatar activist Zair Smedlyaev: “Russian guests” massively replace indigenous population of Crimea
Zair Smedlyaev, head of the Kurultai of the Crimean Tatar People, talks about how the Russian…
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Fixing mistakes. How Ukraine treats Crimean Tatars after the occupation of Crimea
On 18 May 1944, the tragic deportation of Crimean Tatars was initiated by the Soviet People's Commissariat of…
“Culture can help us stitch our country together without blood”: Crimean Tatar filmmaker
The film title refers to the family story of the author. In the late 1950s, Crimean Tatar artists…
Haytarma: the film about Stalin’s deportation of the Crimean Tatars Russia doesn’t want you to see | Watch online
Among the many films prohibited for public screening in Russia is Haytarma, the first feature film about Stalin's…
Is Moscow about to transform occupied Crimea into an Islamist enclave?
Even as the Russian occupation forces do everything they can to repress the Crimean Tatars, the most consistent…
Who is Zeytullaev, the Crimean Tatar Russia just sentenced to 12 years without a crime?
For three weeks prior to the second sentence, Ruslan was on hunger strike protesting against the state terror…
Hunger strike for all Crimean Tatar hostages of Russia | VIDEO
On 26 April 2017, Russian military court sentenced the Crimean Tatar activist Ruslan Zeytullaev to 12-year imprisonment. He…
Russia’s Crimean Tatar captive goes on hunger strike demanding justice
Ruslan is now undergoing a farcical trial in Russia for the second time. As he explains, the hunger…
Imaginary “terrorists” with no terror acts: Russia’s collective punishment of Crimean Muslims
Difference between Russia and Ukraine 21 March is the UN International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination.…
Five signs of less than universal Russian approbation of Crimean Anschluss
Today, on the third anniversary of Putin’s Crimean Anschluss, the Russian government is orchestrating demonstrations across Russia in…
Polish director Aniela Gabryel: I want to show the plight of Crimean Tatars under occupation (trailer)
- What was your goal in telling these stories? - My goal was to tell the story of…
Why is the Kremlin taking Ukrainian political hostages? | VIDEO
The Ukrainian filmmaker Oleg Sentsov has been sentenced to 20 years in Russian jail for resisting the occupation…
Remember the Crimean Tatars jailed for resisting Russian occupation
On February 26, Ukraine observed the Day of Crimeans’ Resistance to the Russian Occupation. That day, a march…
The Bolbochan raid: How Ukrainian troops captured Crimea 100 years ago
- Salaam Aleikum! Don’t shoot! Glory to Ukraine! They moved forward and stood under the only lamp…
Despite crackdown, some brave Russians continue to demonstrate for Crimean Tatar rights
Yesterday as they have done every 18th of the month since November, small groups of activists have come…
The Unsung Lament: Russian Atrocities in Caucasus
“Russian Tsars attack a small people with millions of soldiers and they consider themselves noble.” Kube Şaban, Circassian…
Ayshe Seitmuratova – a Crimean Tatar heroine at 80
A nation and those who care about it should know its heroes: and for Crimean Tatars, one of…
‘Russian spies interfered with Nobel Committee to prevent Poroshenko Peace Prize’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Escalating repressions in occupied Crimea: Russia detained key defense attorney
On Wednesday, 25 January, 2017 in Russia-occupied Crimea, the Federal Security Service (FSB) detained Nikolai Polozov, the legal…
Why did Putin say Russia’s prostitutes were ‘best in the world’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…