The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation authorized the Russian consulate in Simferopol to start issuing Russian passports to the militants of the special police force Berkut. This was reported on January 28 on the...
We noted in our analysis “Bloody Stream to Europe” on 24 January 2014 that events in Ukraine have not only internal motivations, but also external stimulation, including a serious gas motive in Russian foreign energy policy....
By Askold Krushelnycky I am at Simferopol airport where green uniformed professional soldiers with no insignia took over during the night and are being backed up by local volunteers. The Ukrainian government says these are not Ukrainian...
Signatures on a petition addressed to Volodymyr Putin on behalf of the Russians and the Russian-speaking citizens of Ukraine are being collected on the Internet. People are calling to not bring troops into Crimea. “We, the ethnic...
A group of Ukrainian citizens, residing in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (ARC), have asked officials Kyiv and the international community to help stabilize the situation on the peninsula. Ukrainians in Crimea have requested the new...
The Russian Federation is ready to solve the political crisis in Ukraine with the EU provided the terms of the agreement between Ukrainian opposition leaders and the government dated February 21 are fulfilled. The agreement Ukrainian...
Svyatoslav Vakarchuk, leader of the band “Okean Elzy,” has responded to accusations of nationalism. His response, written in Russian, is posted on his Twitter blog, Espreso.TV reports. “Who do you think is a...
Representatives of the Crimean Tatar diaspora in Türkiye are undertaking a mass appeal to the government of their country to guarantee the safety of the Crimean Tatars living in Crimea. One of the leading organizations of the Crimean...
Andriy Klymenko, editor-in-chief of the BlackSeaNews, expressed confidence that Russia will unleash an armed conflict similar to that in Georgia in 2008, censor.net reports. “1) All the potential scenarios of the events in Crimea...
Thursday, 27 February, 12:57 Some MPs from the LDPR faction in Russian State Duma are still in Crimea, intending to visit a number of cities. This was mentioned on the faction’s website. It was stated that today is the second day of...
In 2014, after the first Russian invasion of Ukrainian territory in the Donbas, soldiers who had lost limbs in battle were seen for the first time in public as they returned home. Since the full-on invasion by Russia in February 2022, the...
