Why a French MP defends the occupation of Crimea
The pro-Russian position of the French deputy Thierry Mariani is determined not so much by his convictions as…
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Russia brings only poverty
Crimea will always be taken care of on a residual basis. By and large, it is only a…
‘Reintegration of Donbas will be impossible after five years,’ senior Kyiv official says
Ukraine must move quickly to promote the reintegration of the Donbas because “five years from now,” Heorhiy Tuka,…
Punishing Russia for war crimes in Ukraine is possible, but will take time
Who can punish Russia for war crimes in Donbas? First of all, every state has an obligation to…
Pro-Russia Militants in Occupied East Ukraine Torture Protestant Pastor To Convert To Russian Orthodox Church
The story of Aleksandr Khomchenko, a Protestant clergyman from Donetsk, though sadly all too typical, is no less…
Deportation, autonomy, and occupation in the story of one Crimean Tatar
The sad history of the indigenous peoples of the Crimean peninsula repeats itself. Over 70 years ago Crimean…
12 Crimean personalities of 2015 designated by Krym.Realii
A heated debate broke out among Krym.Realii staff when we decided to draw up a list of the…
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…
Russia’s destruction of the Donbas
The Donetsk industrial basin has died. That is the main result of the Russian occupation of the industrial…
Energy blockade of Crimea raises 5 inconvenient questions, Kazarin says
The blowing up of power lines in order to intensify the energy blockade of Crimea not only “very…
Russian occupiers cut classes and schools in Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian
Despite Russian laws specifying that Crimean Tatar and Ukrainian are state languages in Crimea alongside Russian, the Russian…
Ankara congress underscores why Crimean Tatars are such an asset for Ukraine and such a problem for Moscow
The Second World Congress of the Crimean Tatar People which ended yesterday in Ankara shows why the Crimean…
Few in Crimea now view themselves as Russian patriots
Many of the hopes that some Russians in Crimea had for their homeland after the Russian Anschluss have…
Only Crimean Tatars have right of self-determination in Crimea, Kasyanov says
Under UN rules, neither the Russians nor the Ukrainians living in Crimea have the right to conduct a…
On 75th Anniversary of Soviet occupation, Balts must remain vigilant, Grybauskaite says
Seventy-five years ago today, the Soviet Union began to occupy Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, act the West never…
“Deputy Defense Minister of DNR” is a fugitive fraudster
The picture above is a screenshot from the Moscow Police Department's website showing a "wanted" post for a…
Putin’s young “Janissaries”
Close to a thousand years ago, when sultans of the Ottoman Empire were looking for obedient soldiers to…
Russians refuse to note Putin is treating Crimean Tatars the same way Hitler did
For more than a year, Russians have failed to take note of and react to the fact that…
Signing off for now, Crimean Tatar broadcaster says ‘We survived Stalin; we’ll survive Putin’
Because the Russian occupation authorities have refused to register it, the Crimean Tatar television channel ATR ended its…
Russia hosts Fascist Forum in St. Petersburg
Today Russian conservatives welcomed members of Europe's far-right ultranationalist parties to participate in a forum entitled "International Russian…