occupied crimea
Head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people Refat Chubarov said that the march to the annexed Crimea scheduled for May 2 does not require the consent of the Ukrainian authorities because the action is legal
Russian authorities prosecuted residents of occupied Crimea on trumped-up terrorism charges, Human Rights Watch says.
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 […]
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 […]
How Ukrainian oil comes to the Russian hands with protection of Putin’s crony Viktor Medvedchuk. On August 10, the Crimean Prosecutor’s Office searched the MRIYA ship in Kherson. The agency claims that in June 2015, the same vessel, but under the name Vilga, supplied fuel to the Black Sea Fleet units in Sevastopol. The ship is suspected of smuggling oil […]
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 […]