Any acknowledgment of a Russian Crimea as part of a (temporary) peace deal would be a big win for Putin and a greater loss for the United States, Europe, and the wider region.

The updated strategy not only treats any opposition to Russian occupation as ‘extremist’, but also makes it clear that Russia ...

Russia relies on the “Kosovo Precedent” set by Serbia, one that suggests that separatist movements are to be honored, as a way to justify the capture of Crimea from Ukraine in 2014. Should Ukraine ...

Crimea, a peninsula connected to the mainland of Ukraine, has become a crucial part of the war between Moscow and Kyiv. The territory has a history of being under Russian control as it was annexed ...

Russia used to rely on Ukrainian expertise for its missile programs, but its actions in 2014 and beyond ended that ...

But it isn’t just the cases of residents of Crimea that its Moscow-controlled judges are hearing these days. Since Russia launched its unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 ...

Putin is undismayed and vows to press on with his plan to rebuild the Soviet Union. Another reason Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022 was because Ukraine was negotiating with NATO to become a member.

with a chapter in the book accusing NATO of transforming Ukraine into an “aggressive anti-Russian bridgehead” in 2014, forcing the Kremlin to take Crimea and later wage war on Kyiv.

An air danger regime has been introduced in Crimea and Sevastopol, which indicates the presence of cruise missile carriers in ...

Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tonnes of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch Strait ...