russia pursues policy of cultural destruction of ethnic Ukrainians and Crimean Tatars
Ukraine tries to prove at the UN International Court of Justice that the russian Federation pursues a policy of cultural destruction of ethnic Ukrainians and...
russia’s ‘inspections’ cost $45 million to shippers
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...
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...
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...
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...
russia demanded the release of a ‘Ukrainian fascist’ as part of the prisoner exchange in occupied Donbas
While russia’s insistence on the inclusion of a crucial MH17 witness, suspected Maidan killers and convicted terrorists in the last two prisoner exchanges gained warranted attention, the inclusion...
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...
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...
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...