crimea

“Me and my people are not terrorists,” Crimean Tatar activist made his final statement in Russia's court. Russia's state prosecution sentenced defendant in the so-called terrorism case Crimean tatar activist Enver Seitosmanov to 17 years in the colony with a strict regime.

The Normandy Four leaders will sign a document on prospects of political settlement of the conflict in the war zone in eastern Ukraine (Donbas) at the summit in Paris on December 9.

Russia has returned the Ukrainian Navy's ships, which were captured with the use of weapons in the Kerch Strait area in November 2018.

Special representative of the OSCE Chairperson in the TCG Martin Sajdik refusedto express his position on the occupation of Crimea by Russia at the Salzburg Europe Summit.

Simferopol’s detention center in occupied Crimea contains three times as many people as are allowed under the construction project. This was told by the Alushta “ex-deputy” Pavel Stepanchenko, who was released from prison after three years of detention. According to Stepanchenko, in 2016 the Simferopol detention center held 2,500 prisoners. Later their number grew a little less. He also says […]

On October 6, participants in the viche against the “Steinmeier formula” wrote the following appeal to President Volodymyr Zelensky and the Verkhovna Rada. Ukrainian society strongly protests against the implementation of the so-called “end-of-war” plan. According to President Volodymyr Zelensky, he agreed it with Putin single-handedly. The plan envisages elections in the occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions and […]

On Sunday, October 6, Ukrainian activists gathered on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv to protest against the “Steinmeier Formula.” Protesters were holding the national flags and “No surrender” posters. A stage was rigged up near the Independence Monument. Activists, opposition MPs and military stood on the stage and took the floor. On October 6, participants in the viche against the “Steinmeier […]

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 […]

Activists launched a movement against capitulation and announced a viche on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv. Activists protesting against the signing of the Steinmeier formula by Ukraine under the Minsk Agreements have launched the Movement of Resistance to Capitulation and announced a viche on Maidan Nezalezhnosti in Kyiv. “On October 2, 2019, President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced that a representative […]

How to save the situation after massive protest movements against what is seen as Ukraine’s capitulation? Ex-representative of Ukraine in the working subgroup on political issues of the TCG in Minsk Roman Bezsmertny figured out the following “must need” steps. Mr President, you are a guarantor of sovereignty and territorial integrity, not the one who trades in territories. Until you […]

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. […]