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The Russian Interior Ministry's registry of wanted persons shows that popular Ukrainian singer Susana Dzhamaladinova, who is also known as Jamala and is of Crimean Tatar origin, was added to the list in mid-October on a charge of distributing "fake" information about Russia's armed forces.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy awarded the Golden Star Order and the title of the Hero of Ukraine to longtime Crimean Tatar leader and human rights activist Mustafa Dzhemilev, who spent much of his life fighting Soviet and later Russian repression.
Crimean lawyer Emil Kuberdinov said on October 13 that his colleague Oleksiy Ladin was detained by Russia-installed police in Ukraine's Moscow-annexed Crimea and sentenced hours later to 14 days in jail on a charge of distributing extremist symbols online.
A pro-Russian Telegram channel in occupied Crimea has been posting videos of people "apologizing" for recording videos of Ukrainian attacks in the region. "I don't need such problems at my age," a woman who recorded a strike on the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet said in one such video.
A court in Russia on February 13 rejected an appeal filed by Ukrainian journalist Serhiy Tsyhypa against a 13-year sentence he was handed in October by the Russia-installed Supreme Court of Ukraine's Moscow-annexed Crimea on espionage charges.
Russian authorities have sent jailed Crimean Tatar activist Abdulmedzhit Seitumerov to a psychiatric clinic for unknown reasons, his lawyer said on October 2.
A military court in Russia has rejected an appeal filed by Ukrainian activist Bohdan Zyza from Russian-occupied Crimea against the 15-year prison term he was handed in June on terrorism charges, Zyza's sister, Oleksandra Barkova, said.
Ukraine's National Commission of Language Standards has allowed for all letters in "Russia," "Russian Federation," "Russian Empire," "Moscow," and other related words to be written in lowercase.
Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine's Moscow-annexed Crimea will put an apartment that belongs to Ukraine's first lady, Olena Zelenska, up for auction.
Russian-imposed police in Ukraine's Moscow-annexed Crimea on August 24 detained six Crimean Tatars on charges of organizing a terrorist group and participating in its activities.
Around 20 commercial establishments in the Poltava region, including restaurants and hotels, were seized.
The office of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea says Russian-imposed authorities in the region have detained 180 citizens, including 117 Crimean Tatars, for politically motivated reasons.
A citizen journalist and nurse, Iryna Danylovych, who in 2021 was sentenced to seven years in prison by Russian-installed authorities in Ukraine's Moscow-annexed Crimea, has been transferred to a penal colony in the Russian region of Stavropol Krai.
A court in Russia has rejected appeals filed by Crimean Tatar leader Nariman Dzhelyal and two activists -- brothers Aziz and Asan Akhmetov -- against prison terms handed to them in September on a sabotage charge that Kyiv and rights groups call politically motivated.
Noted Ukrainian filmmaker Oleh Sentsov says he was wounded by shrapnel while fighting alongside Ukrainian armed forces against Russian occupying troops in Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region.
Crimean businesses are reporting a sharp drop in tourism as the Russian-occupied peninsula becomes increasingly militarized and Ukraine targets critical infrastructure.
Russia-imposed police in Ukraine's Moscow-annexed Crimea have detained two Crimean Tatar brothers -- Dzhafer and Alim Alyustayev, for unspecified reasons after searching their homes on June 20.
Volodymyr Epifanov, an aide to the Russian-imposed deputy minister of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhya region, and his two associates were injured when his car exploded in Russian-annexed Crimea on June 19.
A court in Russia's southwestern city of Rostov-on-Don has sentenced another Crimean Tatar activist to 20 years in prison -- more than the sentence prosecutors sought -- on terrorism charges.
A Russian court on June 6 sentenced Ukrainian activist Bohdan Zyza from Russian-occupied Crimea to 15 years in prison on terrorism charges.
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