Crimea has been a battleground and a playground. Why it's coveted by both Russia and Ukraine
Russia's illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and ...
Where is Crimea and why is it contested?
The Crimean peninsula, which Russia seized from Ukraine in 2014, is at the centre of the worst East-West standoff since the Cold War.
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In the Footsteps of the Tatars: Poland's Only Muslim Minority
This is how Tatars ended up in Poland, in the eastern province of Podlasie. The so-called Tatar Trail, comprising of a circle of cities – Białystok, Sokółka, Bohoniki, Krynki, Kruszyniany, Krynki and ...
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UNPO Welcomes Council of Europe’s Call for Russia to Release Ukrainian Political Prisoners and End Human Rights Violations in Crimea
The UNPO welcomes the Council of Europe’s Committee of Ministers’ decision urging Russia to immediately release all Ukrainian ...
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Ukraine honors 2 tiny sects with Jewish roots as ‘indigenous peoples,’ and Putin is furious
Last month, Ukrainian President Voldymyr Zelensky unveiled a bill that he said was designed to help preserve the heritage of the tiny minority groups, plus the Tatars, a Muslim people. But by desi ...
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An Introduction to Tatar Cuisine
For 600 years, the Podlasie region in north-eastern Poland – on the present-day border with Belarus and Lithuania – has been home to the Lipka Tatars, one of the oldest continuously existing Muslim ...
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A Crimean Tatar Feminist Perspective: An inquiry from within on the “Situation” of Indigenous women and the war in Ukraine
This unfair and unjust war of choice inflicted by the Russian Federation in February of 2022 against Ukraine and its people ...
Ukrainian News3d
Turkey supports Ukraine's territorial integrity on anniversary of illegal "referendum on Crimean status"
The Turkish Foreign Ministry said it does not recognize russia's annexation of Crimea and reaffirms its support for Ukraine's ...
Explainer-Where Is Crimea and Why Is It Contested?
The United Nations General Assembly, the United States and many other countries condemned the annexation, and the U.S. and the European Union imposed sanctions on Russia over its moves. Few countries ...
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Crimea, a battleground and a playground: Why it's coveted by both Russia and Ukraine
Russia's illegal seizure of the Crimean Peninsula from Ukraine exactly 11 years ago on March 18, 2014, was quick and bloodless, but it sent Moscow's relations with the West into a downward spiral ...