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

The Crimean Tatars – also referred to as Kirimli or Qırımlı – endured wars, mass deportations, and waves of repression by both the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union. News Today's news ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

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 ...

Crimean Tatars reject talk of ceding peninsula to Russia Ethnic minority group accuses Russia of suppressing rights Issue of territorial concessions coming to the fore Moscow annexed Crimea in ...

FILE PHOTO: Crimean Tatars take part in a pro-Ukranian meeting in the Crimean village of Eskisaray, outside Simferopol, March 14, 2014. The sign reads "Referendum boycott".