By Anastasiia Malenko KYIV (Reuters) -When Ukrainian Leniie Umerova crossed into Russia on her way to see her ailing father ...

Crimean Tatars Pressured To Become Russian Citizens Since Russia took over Crimea this spring, many Crimeans have gladly switched their passports from Ukrainian to Russian. But not everyone is so ...

Russia's cabinet of ministers proposed draft bill No. 38726-8, which formally prohibits prisoners convicted of so-called ...

BAKHCHISARAY, Ukraine—The stone minarets of the 16th-century * Khan's Palace that dominate the skyline here, a city of about 50,000 a 30-minute bus ...

Tatars of Crimea say they stand with Ukraine. Jacob Resneck and Oren Dorell. USA TODAY. BAKHCHISARAY, Ukraine — Soon after darkness falls, about a dozen men gather around a community hall on the ...

ISTANBUL, Turkey — Crimean Tatars living in Turkey said Monday they worry of a return to the terrible oppression they suffered in the Ukraine province the last time it belonged to Russia and the ...

The Tatars, on the other hand, are vocal supporters of closer ties to Europe. “Many in Crimea want to be part of Russia, but we see our future as part of Ukraine,” says Jemilev.

The Tatars are living embodiments of the uncertainty and confusion that has been actively promoted since Russian forces took over Crimea in February and March 2014.

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 ...

Ukraine's Black Sea peninsula was invaded by Russia in 2014 and illegally annexed from Ukraine. Read more at straitstimes.com ...

STORY: Ukrainian Leniie Umerova is a member of the Crimean Tatar community indigenous to the Black Sea peninsula that was ...