Soviet forces under Stalin’s orders deported nearly 200,000 Crimean Tatars, the peninsula’s native population, to Central ...

There is no gray area here - only black and white.” Crimea had changed and not for the better. The peninsula was now inhabited by mostly Russians, brought here in the aftermath of the deportations.

turning Crimea into a military base and threatening the security of the entire Black Sea," Umerov said. However, the minister noted that resistance also began 11 years ago. Ukrainians and Crimean ...