The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often appears to be is far too large for anyone to keep up with. But there needs to be a way to mark those which can’t be discussed in...
On Wednesday, 25 January, 2017 in Russia-occupied Crimea, the Federal Security Service (FSB) detained Nikolai Polozov, the legal defender of two high-profile Crimean Tatar activists Ahtem Chiygoz and Ilmi Umerov. If the Russian security...
The Russian occupation of Crimea affected all areas of life on the peninsula. The situation with violation of human rights became critical, Russian pressure forced thousands of people to live their homes, private and state property on...
At a recent press conference in Kyiv, Klyment, Archbishop of the Simferopol and Crimea Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate announced that the Russian Arbitration Court in Crimea had ruled that premises belonging to the Crimean...
On the 201st birthday of the Ukrainian national poet that Taras Shevchenko on 10 March 2015, a rally in Russian-held Simferopol, Crimea, was held where activists read his poems, chanted “Glory to Ukraine! Glory to the...
The director of Feodosia Central Library was fined for possession of extremist materials. Twelve copies of a book classified as extremist by the Russian Federation were found in the library. In late December 2014, the Feodosia City Court...
As the Ukrainian presidential website reported Thursday evening, Ukrainian Navy commander Serhiy Haiduk along with several hostages was released from detention by Russian forces in Kherson region. Russian Defense Minister Sergei...
In August 2022, CBS released its documentary on military aid to Ukraine, filmed in April. The film claims that a major portion of Western military help goes missing in Ukraine but provides no proof other than short remarks from one...
