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Tatar Power. Long ago it was the Tatars who ruled the region. Their history with Russia—a relationship of trade and cooperation, intermarriage and cultural exchange, but at times, significant ...
WATCH: Crimea's chief prosecutor warns Crimean Tatars that the Mejlis will be "liquidated" if it engages in "extremist" activities. On May 4, she told Mejlis Chairman Refat Chubarov that his ...
BELOGORSK, Crimea — Crimea's Tatars have bitter memories of the 1944 deportation that tore them from their native peninsula. With Russia again in control, some here say pressure is building once ...
The history of the Crimean Tatars has taught them to tread carefully. Periods of persecution and exodus, mainly at Russian hands, have characterized the Muslim ethnic minority’s story from at ...
Many people in Crimea — a multi­ethnic region of about 2 million people — are not happy about the prospect of annexation, but only Tatar leaders have announced a formal boycott of the ...