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European Parliament to adopt a resolution on human rights abuses against Crimean Tatars
The European Parliament will adopt a resolution concerning the human rights violations of Crimean Tatars
The European Parliament will hold a debate and adopt a resolution on violations by the Russian Federation of the rights of Crimean Tatars in the occupied Crimea, as was noted on the agenda of the next plenary meeting of the EU legislature which will be held on 9-12 May in Strasbourg.
"Debates and vote on a resolution on human rights violations of Crimean Tatars, standards of democracy and …
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Aksyonov: Crimea morally supports separatists in eastern Ukraine
The head of Russian-Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, said the inhabitants of the occupied peninsula "morally support" the separatists in eastern Ukraine.
Aksyonov stated the Crimea is ready to cooperate with the separatists in the Donbas, Glavnoe reported.
"All of the unrecognized state formations of the former Soviet Union clearly gravitate towards Russia. Holding a referendum, collecting signatures, dreaming of joining the group. Transnistria, South Ossetia, Abkhazia, the Republic of Novy Rossiya, …
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Russian man found guilty of extremism for posting 'Crimea is Ukraine' on social media
A Russian court in Tver sentenced mechanical engineer Andrei Bubeev to two years and three months in a penal colony for posting "extremist content" on his social media page, Radio Svoboda reported.
The content that was deemed to be extremist by the court was a post on Bubeev's VKontakte page which read "Crimea is Ukraine".
Bubeev was charged with public calls to commit extremism and activities aimed at violating the territorial integrity of Russia.
The human rights organization Memorial has …
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Savchenko refuses to sign the documents for extradition to Ukraine
Nadiya Savchenko has refused to sign the documents for extradition to Ukraine. She explained her decision in a letter posted on her Facebook page.
“I am outraged! The officials brought me a set of documents to complete for my extradition to Ukraine. I laughed wildly after reading them. The first question asked what my purpose was for crossing the Russian border. Can you imagine such a question? I answered that I was kidnapped by the Russian secret service. They immediately changed my answer to …
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OSCE reiterates that military parades in the Donbas on May 9th will violate the Minsk Agreements
The OSCE has once again stressed that the presence of heavy weapons during military parades in Donetsk and Luhansk on May 9th will be a violation of the Minsk Agreements, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
According to Alexander Hug, the Deputy Chief Monitor of the OSCE's Special Monitoring Mission in Ukraine, "historical heritage is important, but [the presence of] heavy weapons in the cities of Luhansk and Donetsk is a violation of Minsk and a threat to the people".
As previously reported, on April …