She hid her daughters in the cellar for a month: how a village near Kyiv survived Russian occupation
In early May, my friends and I decided to take a trip to the village Bohdanivka with to…
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Ukrainian World Congress: Seven years of war in Europe. Putin’s Big Lie continues
During the last seven years, Russia has transformed the Crimean Peninsula into one of the largest military bases…
Between occupation and annexation: finding the proper way to call Ukrainian Crimea
Today, the question is straightforward: how should we – Ukraine, the international community, Western partners, the media –…
Crimea. Dehydration: A film exposing Russia’s colonial policy and the desiccation of the occupied peninsula
At the beginning of the film, Andriy Senchenko, Deputy Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the Autonomous…
Georgia’s lessons of peacebuilding now instructive for Ukrainians
I met Julia in 2016, when being a volunteer in the summer peace camp for Ukrainian kids who…
Human sacrifices for the Kremlin’s propaganda machine: meet the “Crimean saboteurs”
“Not a single Ukrainian citizen has suffered here [since 2014], there are absolutely no restrictions, and the attitude…
A year after prominent activist was kidnapped in Crimea nobody knows if he’s alive
Late in the evening on May 24, 2016, people in Russian road police uniform intercepted and abducted the…
Polish director Aniela Gabryel: I want to show the plight of Crimean Tatars under occupation (trailer)
– What was your goal in telling these stories? – My goal was to tell the story of…
As Crimea was occupied, Western countries cautioned Ukraine against “drastic steps”
Today, the National Security and Defence Committee has declassified and published the minutes of the most important high-level meeting…
Human rights watchgods issue list of forced disappearances in Crimea
Immediately after the Russian occupation of Crimea, kidnapping and enforced disappearances began, with the help of the Russian…
“Donbosses”: “rebel” leaders in control of Donetsk’s economy (infographic)
This infographic has been prepared based on a report by Russian independent newspaper Novaya Gazeta. Read more on the…
As in 1939, Kremlin said mulling ‘preventive occupation’ of the Baltic states
People of decency and good will around the world have been horrified by Vladimir Putin’s defense this week…
Occupation powers seek to destroy Crimean Tatar Mejlis by registering it
Since the Anschluss, Russia’s occupation authorities have tried a variety of means to shut down the Crimea Tatar…
Putin’s regime in the occupied Crimea steals foreign aid from sick children
The [Russian] occupying government of the Crimea appropriated the humanitarian aid sent by the Netherlands to the Crimea in…
Demobilized Russian conscripts: We “conquered” Crimea, fought in Donbas for Russia
A video interview uploaded to Internet shows two recently demobilized Russian Federation infantry conscripts (one is in the…
Life in occupied Luhansk — a resident
Luhansk used to be called poetically the “city of roses and fountains.” Now it has become the city…
A day in occupied Torez
The industrial town of Torez, Donetsk Oblast, has been under pro-Russian control since June. While during the summer…
For citizens of Donetsk, life under terrorists is a nightmare
© AFP / East News The ceasefire didn’t hold a single day. Each day, as before, the locals…
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Mißbrauch des Begriffs “Volkswehr” (“Militia“, “Opoltschentsy”) durch die Terroristen von Luhansk und Donezk Von Dagmar Schatz Mit dem…
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von Paul Goble Paul Goble ist ein langjähriger Spezialist für ethnische und religiöse Fragen in Eurasien. Er hatte…