Crimea

August 2019, five new draft evasion criminal cases were initiated against the Crimeans who refused to serve in the Russian Armed Forces. It is reported by the Crimean human rights group. Human rights activists recorded three criminal cases in the Russian-controlled Nakhimovsky District Court of Sevastopol and two in the Soviet District Court. On August 6, Judge Igor Brazhnik rendered […]

The situation in the peninsula that was occuped by Russia in 201 is deteriorating in all UNESCO’s fields of competence. The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) in its report notes the ongoing deterioration of the situation in the peninsula in all UNESCO’s fields of competence. The report contains information on the situation in the temporarily occupied Crimea […]

It was reported about the visit of 22 foreigners from Western countries, including from the USA and Germany to the occupied by the Russian Federation Crimea.  According to the sources from the occupied Crimea, the allegedly official part of the visit will begin with a visit to Sevastopol, after which a series of public events will take place in Simferopol. […]

Ilver Ametov, head of the regional Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people in Sudak, is accused under three articles of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation, including “calling for extremist activity”. This was announced by head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov in the commentary to QHA media. “In Crimea, the Russian invaders have started […]

Russia now does not need the mandatory legal confirmation of its dominance in the Black Sea. It is enough for the occupiers of Crimea to make others feel cramped in these waters. It was admitted by Olen Snigyr, leading specialist in Centre for International Studies in Hennadiy Udovenko Diplomatic Academy of Ukraine, Ph.D in Political Science. Their experience multiplied by […]

Eighty-six people are illegally imprisoned for political or religious reasons in Russia-occupied Crimea. According to human rights activists, out of 86 people illegally imprisoned as a result of political motivation and / or religious persecution, 34 received sentences. Some were convoyed to Crimean and Russian colonies. Others are currently in detention centers. Among the detainees, there are nine groups detained […]

The Verkhovna Rada Human Rights Ombudsperson Liudmyla Denysova believes that a decision of August 8 to extend the arrest of the Crimean Tatar activist Edem Bekirov in the occupied Crimea is a kangaroo court. “The kangaroo court of the occupation Crimean authorities over a Ukrainian citizen does not end. Today, the “Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea” again extended […]

100 aircraft and helicopters – Russia announces large-scale exercise with shooting in occupied Crimea. A hundred Russian aircraft and helicopters will be involved in large-scale exercise to be held in southern Russia and in the occupied Crimea on August 6 – 16, 2019. The press service of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation announce […]

Highest number of illegal detentions since Crimea was annexed recorded in March. The Crimean Tatar Resource Center recorded the highest number of illegal detention cases in Crimea since the peninsula was annexed by Russia – 40 in total, said Eskender Bariyev, head of the Center, presenting the analysis of human rights violations in Crimea in the first quarter of 2019. […]

Russian President Putin personally led the seizure of the Ukrainian Crimea. Sergey Aksenov, head of the Crimea occupational government, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had personally guided the seizure of the peninsula. Aksenov said this during the festivities dedicated to the 5th anniversary of Crimea annexation. According to him, Crimea became a “part of the Russian Federation” thanks to […]

Russian servicemen will teach Crimean schoolchildren how to use weapons. Russian occupiers created the “House of Yunarmiya” at the premises of the city House of Officers, where . The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that “the military-patriotic center was established in accordance with the decision of the Minister of Defense of Russia”. “Schoolchildren of Sevastopol, who […]

Russia has taken at least a million archaeological artifacts out of the annexed Crimea since 2014. This was stated by representative of the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine Serhiy Mokrenyuk. “At a minimum, one million artifacts have been transported from Crimea to the Russian Federation,” Mokrenyuk said. According to him, the Ukrainian Ministry records […]