Crimea – Page 17 – THE OVAL CIRCLE

Restored transport links between Ukraine and Crimea would be good, both agree, as Kiev signals new policy

Posted on October 5, 2019October 5, 2019By Editor

Authorities in Ukraine intend to resume regular passenger transportation with Russia’s Crimea … Read More >Restored transport links between Ukraine and Crimea would be good, both agree, as Kiev signals new policy

Op-ed

Washington Post shows how to ‘lose the information war’ by peddling DISinformation & falsehoods on Ukraine & Crimea

Posted on October 5, 2019By Editor

The Washington Post’s attempt to highlight “five myths about Ukraine” … Read More >Washington Post shows how to ‘lose the information war’ by peddling DISinformation & falsehoods on Ukraine & Crimea

Russia

Hey, NYT! If Sentsov is living proof that Crimean Russians never wanted to be with Russia, how come he says otherwise?

Posted on October 5, 2019By Editor

Oleg Sentsov, whose imprisonment in Russia made him a figurehead for the country’s critics, is now free to talk to the media but – surprise! – not everything he says fits the narratives favored by those who praise him. … Read More >Hey, NYT! If Sentsov is living proof that Crimean Russians never wanted to be with Russia, how come he says otherwise?

World

Zelensky Claims Trump Pledged to Help ‘Return’ Crimea to Ukraine

Posted on October 3, 2019By Editor

Talks between the US president and his Ukrainian counterpart have recently caused a scandal in Washington, with Democratic politicians launching an official impeachment inquiry into Trump. … Read More >Zelensky Claims Trump Pledged to Help ‘Return’ Crimea to Ukraine

Russia

‘Enemy of Ukraine’: Russia’s deputy justice minister & ECHR envoy has personal data published on Mirotvorets witch-hunting website

Posted on October 2, 2019October 3, 2019By Editor

Deputy Justice Minister Mikhail Galperin, who defended Crimea’s reunification with Russia at the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), has found himself included on Mirotvorets’ controversial ‘enemies of Ukraine’ database. … Read More >‘Enemy of Ukraine’: Russia’s deputy justice minister & ECHR envoy has personal data published on Mirotvorets witch-hunting website

Journalism & Mass media

Talk on freedom of expression in Crimea given at OSCE despite Ukraine’s protests

Posted on September 18, 2019October 30, 2019By Editor

A media representative from Crimea gave a talk despite protests by the Ukrainian side at an OSCE session on freedom of expression, media and information on September 16, the Krymskaya Gazeta newspaper reports. … Read More >Talk on freedom of expression in Crimea given at OSCE despite Ukraine’s protests

Russia

Schools in Russia’s Sevastopol begin teaching Ukrainian language

Posted on September 17, 2019September 22, 2019By Editor

Ukrainian language has been added to the list of subjects taught at schools in Crimea’s largest city, Sevastopol. The classes were introduced in response to requests from parents. … Read More >Schools in Russia’s Sevastopol begin teaching Ukrainian language