Among the so-called partisan groups, Atesh – whose name means “fire” in CrimeanTatar – has emerged as the most prolific, claiming responsibility for more than half of the sabotage attacks on Russian-controlled territory last year.
The Crimean War emerges as the founding trauma of modern Russophobia ... That shift is captured with extraordinary clarity in a document highlighted by Orlando Figes in The Crimean War ... The Crimean War is the first decisive manifestation of this dynamic.
Archaeologists have discovered an underwater stone structure, believed to be part of the ancient city of Chersonesus in present-day Sevastopol, occupied Ukraine... Chersonesos went into decline following a sacking by Mongol forces in 1299 ... Sources .
A Russian court on Thursday sentenced eight people to life in prison over huge 2022 explosions that partially destroyed the Crimean bridge, an attack both Kyiv and Moscow said was organised by Ukraine's secret services.
A Russian military court on Thursday sentenced eight men to life in prison over the 2022 bombing of the CrimeanBridge, a key symbol of Russia’s claim to the peninsula it annexed in 2014.
Many Ukrainian journalists, including CrimeanTatars, the predominantly Muslim indigenous ethnic group of the Crimean peninsula, have been persecuted in connection with their reporting ... Authorities also arrested five Crimean Tatar activists that day.