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…
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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…
8 shades of Jamala, Ukraine’s Eurovision contestant
10 May is the day when this year's Eurovision Song Contest starts in Stockholm, Sweden. What do you…
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…