The instruction of the Ukrainian language has been virtually wiped out in areas that Moscow controls in eastern Ukraine where an armed conflict has simmered since April 2014, the Kharkiv […]
Crimea
59 Crimeans prosecuted for refusing to serve in Russian army
Russia prosecuted 59 people in illegally annexed Crimea for refusing to serve in the Russian armed forces, qha.com.ua reports, citing UNN. “It was established that within the period from April 1, 2015 […]
Moscow’s Slow-Motion Ethnic Engineering in Occupied Crimea Accelerating
When a government engages in mass murder or forcible deportations, most observers see that as a clear sign of ethnic engineering—even if there are unresolved debates as to whether such […]
Naftogaz filed $5.2 bln lawsuit against Russia over assets in Crimea
The Naftogaz group filed a lawsuit with the Tribunal at the Permanent Court of Arbitration in The Hague with a request to oblige the Russian Federation to pay $5.2 billion […]
Russia denies access to Crimea to UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission
The Russian Federation continues to deny access to the occupied Crimea to the UN Human Rights Monitoring Mission in Ukraine. “We visited administrative borderline with Crimea – entry-exit points Kalanchak […]
Los Angeles Times and Crimea’s “unsettled history”
“Crimea’s history is long and tangled. It is today under Russian control, as it has been — sometimes as an autonomous region, sometimes as a part of the Soviet Union […]
Russia is losing $30 bln a year due to the occupation of Crimea
Russia is losing at least $30 billion every year due to the investment climate that has followed its annexation of Crimea, economist Sergei Guriev said in an interview published Monday. […]
Russia continues to steal Crimean artifacts
To preserve cultural heritage sites in the occupied Crimea, the monitoring of a UNESCO special mission and prompt response to all violations committed by Russia are needed. “It is critically […]
Russia violates religious freedom in occupied areas of Ukraine
The United States criticized the Kremlin’s persecution of religious minorities both in the territory of the Russian Federation and in the occupied areas of Donbas and in Crimea. This is […]
Occupants refuse to register the representative office of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
The occupying “Russian Federation Justice Ministry Directorate in Crimea” refused to register the religious organization of Ukrainian Orthodox Parish of Volodymyr of Kyiv and Olha of Kyiv at the request […]
