BY NAOMI CRAINE Working people in Moscow-occupied Crimea have faced growing shortages of food and other necessities from a blockade on the Ukrainian side of the peninsula’s border initiated by Crimean Tatars there. The effects were greatly magnified when explosions on Nov. 20 and 21 cut electricity for most of Crimea’s 2 million residents. The … Continue reading Tatars block supplies to Crimea, cause shortages of food, necessities
Crimean Tatar leader arrested in new wave of repression
Halya Coynash Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group UPDATE A search by men in masks carrying machine guns began at around 7 a.m. on Friday morning, and is still underway. The enforcement officers are reported to be not letting people in and out and behaving in an extremely aggressive manner Akhtem Chyyhoz, Deputy Head of the … Continue reading Crimean Tatar leader arrested in new wave of repression
