Crimea’s occupied cultural heritage
The Russian occupation of Crimea affected all areas of life on the peninsula. The situation with violation of…
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Who is Ilmi Umerov, the Crimean Tatar Russia so fears?
After Russia illegally annexed Crimea in March 2014, the local officials were offered to pledge allegiance to the…
Stalinist times are returning in Russian-occupied Crimea, Poroshenko says
The incarceration of Ilmi Umerov, one of the leaders of the Crimean Tatar movement, in a psychiatric hospital…
New documentary on Crimean occupation released | VIDEO
New documentary “Crimea. The Resistance” places the Crimean question on Ukraine’s agenda once again. Many recent films have…
Crimean Tatars respond to persecution with collective prayer
Crimean Tatars have gathered for D’ua, a collective supplication for Crimean political prisoners, especially those arrested for activities…
Neglected stories from Russian-occupied Crimea for this week
After Putin annexed Crimea from Ukraine in March 2014, the human rights and economic situation in the occupied…
Even Stalinist repression won’t crush truth — open letter to Crimea “prosecutor”
Ms. Poklonskaya, I am a long way from considering you to be the main inspirer and organiser of…
Will history repeat itself? Crimea: a national and cultural ghetto for the Crimean Tatars
For two years, Moscow and Crimean Tatar collaborators have been vainly trying to gain favour with the Crimean…
Crimea occupation authorities plan “Islamic extremist” show trial against Crimean Tatars – Mejlis head
Refat Chubarov, head of the Crimean Tatar Mejlis, stated that the Russian self-proclaimed authorities are planning a big show trial in…
USSR dead? Not in Russia-occupied Crimea!
Did you ever think of what basic reason drives some people in Russia-occupied Crimea to support Putin? No,…
What the special mission of the Council of Europe “didn’t notice” in occupied Crimea
"We express our gratitude to you for organizing a special human rights monitoring mission in the temporarily occupied…
Crimean Tatars no longer alone in remembering Stalin’s crimes against their nation
Seventy-two years ago, the Soviet state deported the Crimean Tatars from their homeland to Central Asia, a tragedy…
Deportation, genocide, and Russia’s war against Crimean Tatars
On May 18, Ukraine marks the anniversary of the deportation of Crimean Tatars from Crimea that took place…
I survived genocide. Stories of survivors of Crimean Tatar deportation
On 18-20 May 1944, the Crimean Tatar population of Crimea was deported on Moscow's orders. This forcible eviction…
Open letter to the Prosecutor of occupied Crimea
Madam Poklonskaya! I really don’t believe that you’re the main inspiration and organizer of the new political persecutions…
Under Putin, Circassians and Crimean Tatars at greatest risk of repression – and for same reasons
For most of Soviet times, Western commentators, to the extent they dealt with the issue at all, assumed…
‘Jamala glorified Ukraine and Crimea!’ — Crimeans on Jamala’s Eurovision win
Jamala's win in Eurovision 2016 song festival brought a lot of joy, pride and happiness to people in…
Crimea comes to Eurovision
Eurovision 2016 will go down in history because of the "1944" song. Today Jamala will sing at Eurovision…
Life in annexed Crimea: Protesting Russia’s brutal occupation
Despite the nearly-omnipresent and brutal neo-KGB secret police structures established by Russia in annexed Crimea, pro-Ukrainian Crimeans find clever…
Crimean Tatars find new home in traditional Lviv
After Russia occupied Ukraine's peninsula of Crimea on March 2014, thousands of Crimean Tatars were forced to leave their…