Section: Crimea Crisis

      Ukraine has launched criminal proceedings against Booking.com over Crimea
      Dec20

      Ukraine has launched criminal proceedings against Booking.com over Crimea

      The Prosecutors Office of Ukraine has launched criminal proceedings against Booking.com ”for selling stolen property”. Access to the website can be blocked on the territory of Ukraine, according to Member of Parliament Hryhoriy Lohvynskiy. ”Dutch-based Booking.com, selling accommodation for 1.2 million nights daily, in violation of national and...

      United Nations General Assembly votes for resolution on human rights in Crimea
      Dec20

      United Nations General Assembly votes for resolution on human rights in Crimea

      The United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) on December 19 voted for a resolution on human rights in Crimea, titled ”Situation of human rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol (Ukraine),” which was initiated by Ukraine and supported by the UNGA Third Committee. Seventy UN member states backed the document, 77...

      Russian occupation authorities in Crimea put human rights activist in psychiatric ward
      Dec17

      Russian occupation authorities in Crimea put human rights activist in psychiatric ward

      Human rights activist Amir-Usein Kuku, who is one of the suspects of a so-called ”Hizb-ut-Tahrir case” has been thrown into a solitary confinement in a psychiatric clinic in Simferopol, where he was placed for a mandatory psychiatric examination, Radio Liberty reported citing the activist`s lawyer, Eden Semedlyaev, as saying. The information came...

      Russian opposition`s Navalny says will hold referendum on Crimea if elected president
      Dec17

      Russian opposition`s Navalny says will hold referendum on Crimea if elected president

      Alexei Navalny claimed he intends to hold an ”honest referendum” in Crimea and to completely fulfil Minsk agreements if elected Russia`s president in 2018, the Ukraine Today reports citing RFE/RL. ”The first step we must take is fulfilling the Minsk agreement. Basically, Putin himself speaks endlessly about it, but virtually nothing is really...

      Russia may introduce strict registration control of Ukrainians who visit occupied Crimea
      Dec17

      Russia may introduce strict registration control of Ukrainians who visit occupied Crimea

      The Federal Agency for Nationalities (FAN) of the Russian Federation proposes to introduce a mechanism of strict registration of those who enter the territory of the occupied Crimea from Ukraine, TASS reported citing the agency official. FAN official Andrey Komissarov noted that migration regime in the occupied Crimea should be built, given the...

      National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine unveils scenario if Russia attacked Ukraine amid missile tests
      Dec16

      National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine unveils scenario if Russia attacked Ukraine amid missile tests

      Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine Oleksandr Turchynov says that Ukraine was ready to counter any Russian provocation during the testing of new Ukrainian missiles near Russia-occupied Crimea, according to Ukrainian news portal Liga.net. He said that had Russia launched missile bombardment of Ukrainian missile...

      EU agrees to extend anti-Russian sanctions for 6 months
      Dec16

      EU agrees to extend anti-Russian sanctions for 6 months

      The leaders of the European Union during a summit December 15 agreed to extend economic sanctions against the Russian Federation for another six months, Reuters tweeted. ”BREAKING: EU leaders agree on extension of economic sanctions against Russia over Ukraine for six months: diplomats,” Reuters wrote on Twitter. As reported earlier, the...

      Crimean Tatars face systematic persecution in occupied Crimea – Amnesty International
      Dec15

      Crimean Tatars face systematic persecution in occupied Crimea – Amnesty International

      The Crimean Tatar community has been subjected to systematic persecution by the Russian authorities since the occupation and illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation, said Amnesty International in a report tilted ”In the Dark: The Silencing of Dissent, ” which was published on December 15. In the report, Amnesty International looks...

      Russia`s Supreme Court confirms five-year entry ban on leader of the Crimean Tatar people
      Dec14

      Russia`s Supreme Court confirms five-year entry ban on leader of the Crimean Tatar people

      The Russian Supreme Court has confirmed Ukrainian presidential envoy for the Crimean Tatar people and leader of the Crimean Tatar people, Ukrainian MP Mustafa Dzhemilev is refused entry into Russia for five years, according to a lawyer. ”The Supreme Court did not change the ruling passed by the Moscow City Court on a five-year ban on Dzhemilev`s...

      Dutch court rules Scythian gold treasures from Crimea must be returned to Kyiv
      Dec14

      Dutch court rules Scythian gold treasures from Crimea must be returned to Kyiv

      A priceless collection of gold artifacts from Crimea that were on loan to a Dutch museum when Russia seized the peninsula must be returned to Ukraine and not Crimea, a Dutch court ruled on Wednesday in a judgment likely to anger Moscow, according to Reuters. There was no immediate reaction from Russian officials, but the ruling was likely to...