Is Moscow about to transform occupied Crimea into an Islamist enclave?
Even as the Russian occupation forces do everything they can to repress the Crimean Tatars, the most consistent…
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Russia’s occupation of Crimea
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Hybrid warfare: stages of Russian occupation in frozen conflicts in a nutshell
The frozen conflicts Russia controls in the territory of the neighboring states are: Transnistrian conflict in Moldova (also…
‘With Crimea, we got Poklonskaya,’ some Russians say in disgust
Some Russians recognize that Putin’s Anschluss of Crimea was simply wrong, others are upset that absorbing the Ukrainian…
‘Crimea effect’ weaker but still significant for the Kremlin, experts say
With the passing of time, the euphoria with which Russians greeted the Crimean Anschluss has weakened, a process…
Day in History, 2014: UN rejects Russia’s violent attempt to reshape borders
The Assembly underscored that the so-called “referendum” held by the Kremlin-installed authorities in Crimea on March 16 had…
Warning to Russia’s neighbors: Moscow started to undermine Ukraine in Crimea already in 2008
It has become an article of faith that Vladimir Putin acted suddenly in annexing Ukraine’s Crimea that many…
With Crimean Anschluss, Putin blocked Maidan from spreading to Russia, Shiropayev says
Even though Vladimir Putin did not take part in the public commemorations of the third anniversary of his…
Three years later: Russia’s suicide by Crimea
As long as Russia maintains its grip on the Ukrainian peninsula, significant changes for the better at home are…
The Crimean Anschluss at three: ‘A jubilee of stupidity and criminality’
Maria Zakharova, the Russian foreign ministry’s spokesperson, said more than she perhaps intended when she declared that the…
Five signs of less than universal Russian approbation of Crimean Anschluss
Today, on the third anniversary of Putin’s Crimean Anschluss, the Russian government is orchestrating demonstrations across Russia in…
Three years later, Crimea abandoned by both Ukraine and Russia
Three years after the illegal annexation of Crimea, the topic about the peninsula’s status turned into a political…
Ankara bans Turkish ships from entering Russian-occupied Crimea. Again.
Türkiye has banned its own ships from visiting Russian-occupied Crimea. This comes after a meeting between Ukrainian Prime…
Hitler’s anschluss and Putin’s: Similarities and differences
Seventy-nine years ago today, Adolf Hitler issued the law on the unification of Austria and Germany, an event…
“Kremlin views Trump as ‘stupid, un-strategic, and manipulable,'” and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
‘Moscow names Kuril island to honor Hero of Ukraine Derevyanko’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Turkish government warns Putin: Crimea is not yours
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu said at a press conference in Kyiv that his country does not recognize…
Ukrainians in Crimea: Six sanctions for refusing a Russian passport
What is life like for Ukrainian Crimeans who have refused to take Russian citizenship, who have not yet…
‘Russian spies interfered with Nobel Committee to prevent Poroshenko Peace Prize’ and other neglected Russian stories
The flood of news stories from a country as large, diverse and strange as the Russian Federation often…
Moscow is trying to destroy the Crimean civic nation, Shtepa says
Even as Moscow seeks to impose a civic national identity on the various nations of the Russian Federation,…
Russian occupier of Crimea threatens to repeat one of Stalin’s most barbaric acts in 1944
Natalya Kryzhko, a member of the Russian-organized and imposed “parliament” in occupied Crimea, who is upset by Crimea…