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Crimea

Europe & Central Asia

The Voice of Ukraine

“Break your heavy chains and water with the tyrants’ blood the freedom you have gained”

May 10, 2023 • by Nataliya Shpylova-Saeed
For many in Ukraine, the war is not simply about the territory: it is about freedom and democracy, about the memory of identity eradication perpetrated by Russia....

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Crimean Tatars Are Still Waiting for Justice

80 years of displacement and suppression

May 18, 2022 • by Mariia Shynkarenko
This year, May 18 commemorates 78  years since almost 200,000 Crimean Tatars were torn from their beds in the middle of the night and forced into cattle wagons. The Crimean Tartars, a Sunni Muslim Turkic ethnic group, have lived in Crimea since the Middle Ages. In 1944, accused by Joseph ...
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Crimean Tatars Are Still Waiting for Justice
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An Anniversary of Crimea Takeover: Borders and the Crime of their Violation

May 8, 2015 • by Petra Gümplová

A year ago, Russia occupied Crimea, staged a disputed referendum about seceding from Ukraine and joining Russia, and annexed it to its territory. In postwar history, the annexation of a part of a sovereign country's territory to the aggressor state has no precedent. There have been several occupations, invasions and ...

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Solidarity with Ukraine against Putin’s Reality

March 7, 2014 • by Michael D. Kennedy

We should not be surprised by differences about how to respond to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Understanding reasons for those differences is one critical step toward formulating an effective response. Recognizing both real policy options and the equal importance of political signals is the second. Moving too fast is ...

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Preaching to the Choir: The Crimea and Putin’s Domestic Audience

March 3, 2014 • by Yana Gorokhovskaia

On February 28th, the Federal Council, Russia’s upper house, granted Vladimir Putin’s request to use military force in Ukraine. By that time, Russian troops stationed at the Black Sea Naval Base in Crimea had already left their garrisons and secured the area. Russian forces now effectively occupy the Crimea, which ...

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Preaching to the Choir: The Crimea and Putin’s Domestic Audience
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