Aleksandr Podrabinek: Whose is Crimea?
9 June 2025 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Facebook The outrage of the emigre pen-pushers knows no bounds. How dare the European Parliament devote so much attention to Navalnaya, Yashin, and…
Aleksandr Podrabinek: The Western world must recognise a harsh truth
24 March 2025 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Facebook I couldn’t resist! Exactly 11 years ago, on March 24, 2014, I wrote this in the aftermath of Crimea’s annexation. Everything was…
Write to Russia: Mykola Onuk – sentenced to five years’ imprisonment on fabricated charges for putting up posters opposing the annexation of Crimea
On 16 May 2024 Mykola Onuk was convicted on fabricated charges of transporting and possessing explosives (Article 222.1, Part 1, of the Russian Criminal Code), desecrating the Russian coat of…
The Deportation of the Crimean Tatars – 79 Years ago
18 May 2023 Source: Perm Centre for Historical Memory For the anniversary on 18 May, Aleksandr Murtazaev, a Memorial volunteer, talks about the deportation of Crimean Tatars and his own…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Crimean activist Irina Danilovich is a political prisoner
17 February 2023 Irina Danilovich was sentenced to seven years in a Russian penal colony on charges of possessing explosives Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ an independent human…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Ruslan Abdurakhmanov, convicted of participating in an illegal armed group, is a political prisoner
10 February 2023 Ruslan Abdurakhmanov was sentenced to five years in a strict regime penal colony for involvement in the Chelebidzhikhan Volunteer Battalion. Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’…
Aleksandr Podrabinek: From 1783 to our day – Russia has come for the Crimean Tatars again
17 April 2023 by Aleksandr Podrabinek Source: Vot-Tak.TV On 25 April, Russian security forces detained Crimean Tatar human rights activist Abdureshit Dzhepparov. Before doing so, they conducted a search of…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Yashar Shikhametov is a political prisoner
27 January 2023 Yashar Shikhametov, a resident of Crimea, has been sentenced to 11 years’ imprisonment for involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ a human…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Crimean Tatar activist Ansar Osmanov is a political prisoner
15 December 2022 Ansar Osmanov faces terrorism charges on account of alleged involvement in Hizb ut-Tahrir Source: Political Prisoners. Memorial The human rights project, ‘Political Prisoners. Memorial,’ in accordance with…
‘Political Prisoners. Memorial’: Three Crimean Tatars convicted of sabotage are political prisoners
13 January 2023 Nariman Dzhelyal, Asan Akhtemov and Aziz Akhtemov were sentenced to terms of imprisonment ranging from 13 to 17 years. The charges were fabricated, and during the investigation…
