#occupied crimea

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Crimea: the Tauri came to dominate Crimea as a Scythian division so that, by the end of the second century BC (if not quite a bit earlier), the peninsula was known as the Tauric Chersonesus (the land of the Tauri).

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"Russian Oil Depot Burned in Temporarily Occupied Crimea"

Russian Oil Depot Burned in Temporarily Occupied Crimea

40 000 tons of fuel for the Russian Black Sea fleet burned together with the depot. The Russian occupation authorities declared it was a 'Uk

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JRL NEWSWATCH: "More than 10,000 Russian troops returning to bases after drills near Ukraine - Interfax" - Reuters

JRL NEWSWATCH: “More than 10,000 Russian troops returning to bases after drills near Ukraine – Interfax” – Reuters

“More than 10,000 Russian troops have been returning to their permanent bases after month-long drills near Ukraine, Interfax news agency reported … citing the Russian military. … Estimates for the number of Russian troops recently moved closer to Ukraine vary from 60,000 to 90,000, with one U.S. intelligence document suggesting that number could be ramped up as high as 175,000. …” Recent Russian…

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Are Chechens being purposefully pitted against Crimean Tatars?

Are Chechens being purposefully pitted against Crimean Tatars?

Dozens of individuals were detained after clashes in Yevpatoria, in Russian-occupied Ukrainian Crimea, on the night of September 22, 2021. Police fired shots into the air to stop the rioters and arrested 58 people as a result of the disturbances. Law enforcement reportedly found small arms on some of the detained individuals (Interfax, September 22). One resident of Crimea was diagnosed with…

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“When the current ran, I constantly jerked” -- harrowing details emerge of Russia’s FSB torturing a Crimean Tatar into “confessing” to sabotage

“When the current ran, I constantly jerked” -- harrowing details emerge of Russia’s FSB torturing a Crimean Tatar into “confessing” to sabotage #LetMyPeopleGo #FreeAkhtemov

Asan Akhtemov and his compatriots were arrested on 3-4 September. On that night, Russian security service officers raided their homes and detained Deputy Mejlis of Crimean Tatars Nariman Dzhelyal, Aziz Akhtemov, Asan Akhtemov, Eldar Odamanov, and Shevket Useinov for alleged…

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Russians relocated to occupied Crimea now make up one-third of the population, experts say

Russians relocated to occupied Crimea now make up one-third of the population, experts say

Russia has been changing the demographics and the ethnic composition of the Crimean population since the very beginning of its occupation of this Ukrainian peninsula. In early spring 2014, local pro-Ukrainian activists started leaving the peninsula, feeling unsafe amid the Russian crackdown on everything Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar. On the other hand, Russia started militarizing Crimea, pumping…

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The limits of compromise for Biden & Putin: Ukrainians' views of the future of occupied Crimea and Donbas

The limits of compromise for Biden & Putin: Ukrainians’ views of the future of occupied Crimea and Donbas

It presents landmarks and signals what the Ukrainian people really want, and therefore, what Kyiv’s policy can or should be. It also informs the Ukrainian government about specific opportunities and pitfalls. The signals are very important for the negotiations that will take place in Geneva. They rule out the possibility of a “bigger agreement” between Russia and the West without Ukraine’s…

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