8 shades of Jamala, Ukraine’s Eurovision contestant
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Crimean Tatars
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I am Crimean Tatar, Crimea is Ukraine!
Activities of Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People are banned by the so-called Supreme Court of Crimea, causing…
Portnikov calls for establishing pan-Crimean body for liberation of Russian-occupied Crimea
Ukrainian commentator Vitaly Portnikov says that Ukrainians must recognize that Crimea is--like the Donbas--a Russian-occupied territory and will…
Russia’s suspension of Mejlis “Hitlerism” – World Congress of Crimean Tatars
The World Congress of Crimean Tatars has slammed the recent decision of the Russian Ministry of Justice to…
Ukraine’s parliament speaker calls for UN help for the Crimean Tatars
Andriy Parubiy, the speaker of Ukraine's Verkhovna Rada (parliament), has called for an urgent meeting of the UN…
7 myths driving Russia’s assault against the Crimean Tatars
Russia continues its assault on the Crimean Tatars. On Wednesday, 13 April 2016, the so-called “prosecutor” of Crimea Nataliya Poklonskaya…
FILM REVIEW: “A Struggle for Home: The Crimean Tatars”
[article by Adrian Bryttan from THE UKRAINIAN WEEKLY, 3/20/16] NEW YORK – On March 29, 2014, the main clock…
The 27 other Savchenkos must not be forgotten!
The gross miscarriage of justice in the case of Nadiya Savchenko has sparked outrage among people of good…
For Russians, Russia is any place with Russian tanks
Most Russians are convinced that Russia is any place that can be seized and kept by Russian forces.…
Entire indigenous population of Crimea endangered with looming Mejlis ban
While the unlawful Russian occupation of Crimea in 2014 is no longer fresh, it is increasingly urgent. There…
Crimea starts process to ban highest representative organ of Crimean Tatars
On March 3, 2016, the Supreme Court of the self-proclaimed Crimean Republic is considering banning the Mejlis, the highest…
Crimean Tatars living in Turkey protested Russian invasion
Crimean Tatars living in Türkiye protested the unlawful annexation of Crimea by Russian forces on its second anniversary.…
Why the Kremlin fears the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars
The desire of the Crimean occupying "authorities" to destroy the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people has both…
Crimean Tatars receive call-up papers
More and more Crimean Tatars are being mobilized by the Russian occupying forces. 15Minut received a copy of…
Russia prepares for a Crimean blockade at sea
The Ukrainian law banning almost all trade with Russian-occupied Crimea is now in force. Activists began taking down…
Eight Ukrainian political prisoners are victims of Russia’s terror in occupied Crimea
After Russia illegally annexed the Crimean peninsula in a referendum condemned by a UN General Assembly resolution, it…
Pro-Kremlin analyst says Putin’s officials in Crimea do nothing but ‘lie and steal’
Yevgeny Satanovsky, president of the Moscow Near East Institute says that Ukraine and Türkiye have created some problems…
Two outrageous Russian charges signal new dangers for Ukraine
Two new and completely outrageous Russian charges – that the Crimean Tatars are under the control of Turkish…
Did Putin occupy Crimea for same reason Stalin deported Crimean Tatars?
Stalin deported the Crimean Tatars and other Turkic peoples from the southern portions of the USSR because he…
Crimean Tatars form new organization to de-occupy Crimea
Discouraged by what they see as Kyiv’s indifference to their plight and failure to come up with an…