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Russia’s Sberbank Launches Operations in Annexed Crimea

Russia’s largest bank Sberbank is launching operations in Crimea for the first time since Moscow annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014, Russian...

Russian Jailed 12 Years in Crimea for Sharing Naval Info With Ukraine

A court in Moscow-annexed Crimea has sentenced a Russian citizen to 12 years in prison on charges of sharing details about the Russian Navy with Ukrainian...

expanding counteroffensive

Crimea at Risk of Ukrainian Attacks, Kremlin Says

Russian-annexed Crimea remains at risk of Ukrainian attacks, the Kremlin said Thursday after Russian-aligned authorities claimed to have shot down...

testing the waters

Putin Visits Crimea Bridge After October Blast

President Vladimir Putin on Monday visited the bridge that links Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland weeks after the vital link was hit by a...

'promoting extremist symbols'

Crimean Teacher Jailed for Posting Patriotic Ukrainian Song

A former teacher in annexed Crimea has said he was beaten and jailed for posting a patriotic Ukrainian song that has become a symbol of Kyiv’s resistance...

Moscow Says on Alert After Crimea Hit by ‘Drone Attack'

Ukraine's Russian-annexed Crimean peninsula was targeted by a drone attack on Tuesday, Kremlin-installed authorities said, adding that Moscow's forces...

increasingly vulnerable

Russian Authorities in Crimea to Strengthen Defenses Amid Ukrainian Gains

Russian authorities in annexed Crimea are fortifying the peninsula's defensive positions, its governor said Friday in a signal of Moscow’s growing...

Recovered debris

Russia Says Crimea Attack Drones Used Grain Corridor ‘Safe Zone’

Russia said Sunday it recovered debris from drones that attacked its fleet in Sevastopol, exploiting the "safe zone" of a grain corridor, and could have...

veteran correspondent

Russian State Media Journalist Killed in Crimea Shooting Range Accident

A veteran Russian state media journalist has been killed in an accident on a shooting range in Moscow-annexed Crimea, Russia's main Rossiya Segodnya state...

investigation ongoing

Russia Says Arrested 8 Suspects in Crimean Bridge Blast

Russia's Federal Security Service (FSB) said it has arrested eight suspects in last week’s apparent attack that tore apart the Crimean Bridge and...

opinion Yekaterina Mereminskaya

The Symbolism of Russia’s Bridge to Crimea

The Crimean bridge is a symbol of Putin's Russia: imperialism, corruption, propaganda and its effect on the people, as well as the West’s ineffective...

Damage Assessment

Russian Divers To Examine Crimea Bridge

Divers were to inspect the waters beneath the Crimea bridge on Sunday a day after a huge blast damaged Russia's key road and rail link to the annexed...

Damaged crossing

Crimea Bridge Reopens to Car Traffic After Blast: Authorities

The bridge linking Moscow-annexed Crimea to the Russian mainland has reopened to car traffic after it was heavily damaged by an explosion, the Russian-installed...

Russia Says 3 Killed in Crimea Bridge Blast

Russian investigators Saturday said three people were killed after a truck exploded on its bridge linking Moscow-annexed Crimea to the mainland, adding...

Crimean clampdown

Miss Crimea Fined for Singing Patriotic Ukrainian Song

Russian authorities have fined the winner of this year's Miss Crimea beauty pageant, Olga Valeyeva, after video emerged of her singing a patriotic Ukrainian...

Crimea Wedding Party Arrested, Fined For Playing Ukrainian Patriotic Song

“Chervona Kalyna” has become an anthem of Ukrainian resistance in the months since the Kremlin invaded.

Russia Says Blasts at Military Site in Crimea 'Sabotage'

The explosion comes a week after a series of similar blasts at an airbase in the peninsula annexed from Ukraine.

spreading violence

‘We Need to Get Out of Here’: Fear Grips Annexed Crimea After Airbase Attack

"Many vacationers were trying to find shelter — some people were hiding behind the trees, children were crying," said one eyewitness.

spoiled holiday

South Ukraine City Pounded as Russia Says Drone Attacks Crimea Navy HQ

Ukraine's navy accused Russia of staging the attacks as a pretext to cancel the festivities.

Wartime getaway

Fighter Jets and Warships: Russians Get a Taste of Crimea Summer Vacation

Russian warships were visible in the distance as beachgoers cooled off in the sea.

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