Fourth Putin myth about Crimean Anschluss without foundation, Popov says
Moscow historian Arkady Popov has been systematically examining and demolishing the eight myths Vladimir Putin and his regime…
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Popov demolishes third ‘KrymNash’ myth – that Crimean people freely expressed their will
Moscow historian Arkady Popov takes up and demolishes the third myth that the Kremlin has promoted as part…
Crimean Anschluss divides Russian left just as much as it does Russian right
That Vladimir Putin’s Anschluss of Crimea has divided Russian nationalists has been obvious since the opening days of…
For some in Europe, ‘better red than dead’ has become ‘better Putin than a Muslim,’ Czech says
During the Cold War, some on the European left routinely chanted “better red than dead” to show their…
‘Thieves’ steal 58 years of archival material from Crimean Tatar paper
Thieves broke in and stole hard drives on which were 58 years’ worth of the archives of the…
Moscow’s claims of ‘historic right’ to Crimea don’t stand up, Popov says
The second of the eight myths Vladimir Putin has propounded to justify his illegal annexation of the Ukrainian…
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…
Normalization of relations with Moscow impossible until Russian occupation of Crimea ends, Ukrainian foreign minister says
In the most detailed discussion of what might be called Kyiv’s non-recognition policy of the Russian Anschluss, Ukrainian…
None of 8 myths in Putin’s ‘Crimea is Ours’ ideology stands up to close examination, Popov says
“’Krimnashizm’” – as the ideologem “Crimea is Ours” is spelled in Russian – consists of a complex of…
Crimea braces for another Russian invasion – ‘commissars from Moscow’
Moscow has disbanded two of the agencies it created to integrate occupied Crimea – the Ministry for Crimean…
Annexations real and imaginary
Seventy-five years ago today, Acting US Secretary of State Sumner Wells declared that the United States would not…
“Friends of Putin” French MPs to visit occupied Crimea
On Wednesday, a group of pro-Putin French parliamentarians will travel to Russia and to Russia-occupied Crimea. Thierry Mariani,…
Siemens set to violate sanctions regime, helping build power stations in Crimea
According to the Russian business newspaper Vedomosti, German multinational technology giant Siemens entered into a contract to supply…
Moscow’s nullification of 1954 transfer of Crimea to Ukraine a dangerous precedent, Sokolov says
The declaration by the Russian Prosecutor General that the transfer of Crimea from the RSFSR to Ukraine in…
Another Putin puppet’s hard awakening in Crimea
The post translated below was written by a pro-Russian resident of Crimea. People like her (estimated to be…
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…
Crimean commentator: Kyiv not pressing Russia as hard on Crimea as the West is
Western governments have made clear that they view Moscow’s Anschluss of Crimea as a violation of the international…
Ukrainians must avoid making the kind of mistakes about Russia that Putin has made about them, Kirillova says
A few days ago, Mikhail Khodorkovsky said that he was completely certain that those Russian opposition figures who…
Genetic testing proves Putin is wrong about Crimea and Crimean Tatars
Historians, including Russian ones, have pointed out that Vladimir Putin’s claims that Crimea has been Russian from time…
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…