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All the latest news about Crimea, occupied by Russia.
The West’s purchases of gas from USSR prolonged our occupation by 10 years — Estonian Ambassador to Ukraine
Julia Kazdobina: Mr. Ambassador, thank you very much for this opportunity to talk to you about Crimea and…
How Crimean hotel Mriya keeps winning the British World Travel Awards despite EU sanctions
Every year, Russian media mark the Mriya Hotel’s award of the World Travel Awards with publications along the…
Russia detains leader of Crimean Tatar resistance movement
Dilyaver Memetov was detained for his appearance three days earlier at the meeting of Edem Semedlyaev, a human…
Ukraine demands Spain withdraw school textbooks with “Russian” Crimea
The Embassy of Ukraine in Spain addressed the Minister of Education of the country with a demand to…
Russia arrests, fines 30 Crimean Tatars celebrating release of their unjustly imprisoned lawyer with a 50-kilo cake
Crimean Tatar lawyer Edem Semedlyaev was released from a remand prison in occupied Simferopol on the evening of…
Russia’s largest bank Sberbank operates in occupied Crimea covertly to avoid further sanctions — report
Read also: Sanctions on Russia are working, but they’re not enough The report reveals that the first mortgage…
Stalin executed their great-grandfather 83 years ago. Now Russia sentenced these Crimean Tatars on same charges
[editorial]Yesterday, a court in Rostov sentenced four Crimean Tatars to a total of 56 years on charges of…
Hall of Fame | Finland denies export licence for Danfoss engines due to Crimea sanctions
Finland’s decision became known from the conclusion of St. Petersburg’s Chamber of Commerce and Industry that the Center…
Soviet tradition of punitive psychiatry continues in Russia-occupied Crimea
There is no basis for moving Nariman Dzhelyal to the psychiatric hospital. This is not the opinion of…
VIP campaigners step up for the Kremlin’s Ukrainian hostages
[editorial]European politicians, diplomats, and public figures are giving a voice to the voiceless: they are becoming campaigners for…
Why this Crimean Tatar Muslim woman gives the Russian occupation authorities a headache
[editorial]When Russia occupied Crimea in 2014, many Crimean Tatars emigrated to escape persecution. Lilya Hemedzhy started studying to…
Are Chechens being purposefully pitted against Crimean Tatars?
Dozens of individuals were detained after clashes in Yevpatoria, in Russian-occupied Ukrainian Crimea, on the night of September…
“After they electrocuted me, I told them everything they needed.” How Russia’s FSB extracted a “confession” from a Crimean Tatar
Asan Akhtemov and his compatriots were arrested on 3-4 September. On that night, Russian security service officers raided…
Some call the EU sanctions regime a “paper tiger,” but that will change soon — law professor
[editorial]It is seven years since the EU imposed sanctions against Russia for its occupation of Crimea, its main…
Xiaomi reportedly temporarily blocked its smartphones in Russian-occupied Crimea and other sanctioned areas
[block]According to media reports, Chinese company Xiaomi had remotely blocked its smartphones in the Russian-occupied region of Crimea,…
How Ukraine can escape the trap of the Minsk Protocols and return to international law
[editorial]After the Ilovaisk debacle and rising hostilities on Ukraine’s eastern front, the first Minsk Protocol – an agreement…
Czechia detains Crimea annexation participant at Ukraine’s request
Later Franchetti himself admitted that this group had collaborated with the command of the Russian Navy. According to…
How Crimean Tatar leader Dzhelyal swelled the ranks of Ukrainian “saboteurs”
The night of 3 to 4 September destroyed the peace of five Crimean Tatar families. Russian security service…
Ukrainians’ hope in returning Crimea wane, yet support for Crimean Tatar autonomy grows
Since March 2014, the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea has been under the occupation of Russia, which had formally…
Crimea Platform – mere formality or workable mechanism to recover Ukraine’s peninsula?
This new international consultative and coordination format was developed by Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to implement President…