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Ukraine

ECHR 'partly' allows Ukraine's rights violation suit against Russia

The case concerns Ukraine’s allegations of a pattern of violations of the European Convention on Human Rights by the Russian Federation in Crimea.

Ukraine

Kyiv claims two breaches after ceasefire begins in eastern Ukraine

The conflict between Ukraine and Russia-backed separatists claimed more than 14,000 lives since 2014.

United Kingdom

Lyra Mckee: Police appeal for more information one year after murder

Journalist Lyra McKee, 29, was shot dead while observing rioting in the Creggan estate, Londonderry on April 18, 2019.

Russia

Euroviews. A word of advice to Western leaders: talk to Putin but don’t let him gaslight you ǀ View

Men like Emmanuel Macron see the last few years of tension as an anomaly, and would like to establish mutually beneficial relations with Vladimir Putin. But if they are not careful, they will end up like all those before them, retreating from Moscow disappointed and disillusioned.

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Crimea

Ukraine opens probe into Russian train on new bridge to Crimea

Ukrainian officials say the first Russian train to arrive at Sevastapol illegally carried people across the Ukrainian border.

Ukraine

Putin opens huge Russia-Crimea rail bridge

Putin congratulated construction workers, saying the bridge has "proven Russia's ability to carry out large-scale infrastructure projects."

Ukraine

Apple 'looking at how it handles borders' after Crimea map controversy

Apple appears to have caved to Russian demands to label annexed Crimea as Russian — but only for Russian users

USA

Euroviews. We shouldn't have been giving money and weapons to Ukraine in the first place ǀ View

Arming Ukraine will almost always result in a stronger Russian response. Rather than end the conflict, military assistance risks prolonging it.

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Divers compete in jumping off 27-metre cliff platform in Crimea

Courageous divers from around the world competed in jumping off a 27-metre cliff-side platform, as a small village in Crimea hosted an international competition on Saturday, August 10.

Crimea

Watch: Valiant vaults into the Black Sea at cliff diving competition

UK contestant Gary Hunt took the world title for the fourth year in a row, winning the $7,000 (€6,200) prize.

Russia

What protests? Putin rides with Night Wolves bikers in Crimea

As massive anti-government protests took place in Moscow, Vladimir Putin rode a motorcycle with the Night Wolves bikers in annexed Crimea.

Russia

Council of Europe backs restoring Russian voting rights

The motion restoring Russia's voting rights — revoked in 2014 over the illegal annexation of Crimea — was approved late on Monday evening with 118 votes in favour, 62 against, and 10 abstentions.

Europe News

Should Russia hand back Crimea? 'Don't know' says EU top job hopeful

Watch: Should Russia hand back Crimea? 'Don't know' says EU top job hopeful

Crimea

Unconventional family: cat raises baby squirrels alongside new kittens

In Crimea, a cat named Pusha has "adopted" four orphaned baby squirrels and is raising them as her own alongside her new kittens.

Crimea

Euroviews. Putin's Crimea invasion, five years later: Nationalism doesn't pay the bills ǀ View

Average Russians no longer want to threaten — or annex — the world. They want to engage with it.

World News

Has life improved for people in Crimea since its annexation?

What is life like on the peninsula five years since Russia announced its accession?

Crimea

Putin arrives in Crimea to mark fifth anniversary of annexation

President Vladimir Putin arrived in Crimea on the fifth anniversary of the annexation and inaugurated two power stations.

Ukraine

What is the Ukrainian government's 'blacklist'? | Euronews answers

Russians dominate the list as tensions between Moscow and Kiev have reached a post-Soviet era high. What is the list about and who is on it?

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Crimea marks Women's Day with combat gear and flowers

Masked activists in military fatigues fanned out across the Crimean city of Simferopol on Thursday (March 7) handing out flowers to women ahead of International Women's Day and the fifth anniversary of the Black Sea peninsula's annexation by Russia

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Futuristic spaceship theme park opens in Crimea

Crimea is usually seen as a tourist destination in the post-Soviet space, with its many beaches and picturesque mountains. The resort town of Alushta, replete with mountains and beaches, now has something more unusual to boast.