Tag: Crimea

Categories USA

In major gaffe, US envoy MISTAKES Holocaust victims for Crimean Tatars… and he is NOT the first to do it

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A top US diplomat was left red-faced after using a picture of a Jewish ghetto in Poland as part of his post on the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars, a blunder described as “disgusting” and which also drew ridicule on him. … Read More >In major gaffe, US envoy MISTAKES Holocaust victims for Crimean Tatars… and he is NOT the first to do it

Categories Op-ed

Washington Post breaks ranks with other US & UK media, ADMITS polls show Crimeans prefer to be part of Russia

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One of the curious things about Western media coverage of Crimea since 2014 has been the consistent narrative that Russia’s reabsorption of the peninsula was carried out against the will of locals. … Read More >Washington Post breaks ranks with other US & UK media, ADMITS polls show Crimeans prefer to be part of Russia

Categories World

Pompeo drops Kiev bombshell, says ‘Crimea is lost & will remain Russian’ – Ukrainian media

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US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo won’t be winning Ukraine’s ‘friend of the year’ award. A week after he told an NPR reporter that Americans don’t care about the country, he allegedly told a Kiev audience to forget about Crimea. … Read More >Pompeo drops Kiev bombshell, says ‘Crimea is lost & will remain Russian’ – Ukrainian media

Categories Russia

Churchill sightseeing in Crimea and FDR saluting the flag: Russia declassifies PHOTOS taken ahead of 1945 Yalta conference

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As part of a WWII document trove declassified ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Yalta summit, never before seen photographs show US and British leaders and officers arriving in Crimea and touring Sevastopol with Soviet hosts. … Read More >Churchill sightseeing in Crimea and FDR saluting the flag: Russia declassifies PHOTOS taken ahead of 1945 Yalta conference

Categories Russia

Long-awaited train traffic opens on Crimea Bridge as Putin becomes first passenger (VIDEO)

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President Putin has opened railway traffic on the 19-km-long Crimea Bridge, which connects the peninsula with mainland Russia and is the longest in Europe. He called the bridge “a beauty” as he took a ride in the driver’s cabin. … Read More >Long-awaited train traffic opens on Crimea Bridge as Putin becomes first passenger (VIDEO)