Russia has detained 2,249 ships since Kerch Strait naval clash of November 2018, Andriy Klimenko, editor in chief of the BlackSeaNews portal. With each detention for ‘inspections’ lasting an average of […]
Crimea
Russia maintains a chokehold on media in Crimea – Freedom House
Despite the release of Crimean journalist Mykola Semena after four years of probation and a ban on leaving Crimea, the media in the annexed Crimea remain tightly restricted, with professional […]
The United States issue new sanctions related to Russia’s occupation of Crimea
The Trump administration placed sanctions on Wednesday on leading Russian-backed officials in Crimea, The Washington Post reports. Treasury Secretary Stephen Mnuchin said the U.S. action “reiterates our unwavering support for restoring […]
Court orders Russia to pay damages to Ukrainian firms
The Swiss Federal Court has ordered Russia to pay $82.1 million in damages to 12 Ukrainian firms confiscated after the 2014 annexation of Crimea, swissinfo.ch reports. In two decisions published […]
Ukrainian, Crimean-Tatar Language Learning Being Squeezed Out of Crimea
The last remaining Ukrainian-language school in Russian-occupied Crimea doesn’t provide instruction in the eastern Slavic language, Eskender Bariyev, head of the Crimean-Tatar Resource Center, told RFE/RL in a radio interview on […]
UN General Assembly condemns Russia for trying to legitimize its attempted annexation of Crimea
The UN General Assembly at a plenary meeting on December 18 adopted the resolution “Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, Ukraine.” […]
Ryanair started international flights from Kherson
Ryanair started international flights Tuesday from Kherson — a twice-weekly flight to Krakow. On Jan. 15 Ryanair plans to start flights to another Polish city, Katowice. On March 30, Ryanair’s […]
UN General Assembly condemns Russia’s occupation of Crimea
The UN General Assembly has adopted an important resolution on Russia’s occupation and militarization of Crimea in which for the first time concern is raised over Russia’s build-up of nuclear weapons in […]
Apple agreed with the Kremlin’s leitmotiv: There are no objective facts
“Objectivity is a myth which is proposed and imposed on us,” said Dmitry Kiselyov, the Kremlin’s lead propagandist—and as we can see day after day, his subordinates and other pro-Kremlin journalists all […]
Who is in bed with whom that IISS is disseminating Kremlin lies?
The British think tank, The International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) has gone full Kremlin propaganda mode and marked Simferopol, Crimea, Ukraine as part of Russia in its journal, “Survival: Global Politics […]
About 500,000 Russian citizens were relocated to occupied Crimea
Deputy Permanent Representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, Tamila Tasheva, says about 500,000 Russian citizens have been resettled to the territory of Crimea over […]
Russia deployed more than 30,000 troops in occupied Crimea
Russia’s military presence in the occupied Crimea reached 31,500 troops in Autumn 2019, as well as about a thousand units of military equipment, including tanks, armored vehicles, powerful artillery, aviation, […]
NYT uses Ukraine’s map without Crimea, again [UPD]
Ukraine’s Embassy in the United States has appealed to The New York Times over a map of Ukraine without Crimea. According to the Embassy, it wasn’t the first time the […]
In Turkey 46 Crimean Tatar organizations called for end to Russia’s occupation of Crimea
A platform meeting was held in Ankara with the participation of 43 Crimean Tatar associations and three foundations. The meeting resulted in a resolution calling on the international community to […]
