Russian court orders demolition of Ukrainian Orthodox Church (Kyiv Patriarchate) in Moscow Oblast
The Moscow Regional Court has ruled that the Holy Trinity Church of the Bohorodsk Eparchy of the Ukrainian Orthodox…
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Russia bans Crimean Tatars by banning the Mejlis
On Thursday, 29 September 2016, the hearing of the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation on the complaint…
Don’t forget those kidnapped in occupied Crimea
On September 27, a chilly autumn day, several Crimean activists once again protested at the Embassy of the…
Eurovision winner Jamala releases music video for ‘1944’
After a long wait since her Eurovision victory in May 2016, Jamala finally released the music video for her winning…
Kremlin’s double standards on language issues in post-Soviet space continued
More than most governments, the Kremlin behaves in exactly the same way it routinely accuses other countries of…
Crimea’s occupied cultural heritage
The Russian occupation of Crimea affected all areas of life on the peninsula. The situation with violation of…
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…