OPOLZNEVOE, Crimea (Reuters) - Russian President Vladimir Putin warned Crimea's minority ethnic Tatars on Monday they should not strive for special status on the Black Sea peninsula Moscow annexed ...

Crimea, a peninsula jutting into the Black Sea, has become the focal point of escalating tensions between Russia and the West, sparking a fresh dispute between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian ...

Crimea has been a crucial sticking point in peace talks between Russia and Ukraine - but Donald Trump is aiming to resolve the issue as part of peace negotiations. The US president has consistently ...

SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (AP) — Vait Sitdzhemiliev brought his wife and three daughters to Crimea to honor a deathbed wish from his father six years ago. Now, waking Wednesday in a land officially annexed ...

SOCHI, Russia/SIMFEROPOL, Crimea (Reuters) - A Crimean Tatar leader condemned as "inhuman" an official ban on commemorations of Stalin's persecution of Tatars - hours after Russian President Vladimir ...

On Friday afternoon, the regular flight from Moscow touched down in the Crimean capital of Simferopol, in the south of Ukraine, carrying the leader of a Russian motorcycle gang known as the Night ...

BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Vladimir Putin’s key argument justifying Crimea’s secession from Ukraine and annexation by Russia is the West’s acceptance of Kosovo’s declaration of statehood in 2008. Kosovo ...

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Putin's spokesperson Dimitry Peskov has upped the rhetorical game by introducing a very charged subject into the debate over the Ukrainian region of Crimea. On Friday, Peskov predicted that " those ...

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SEVASTOPOL, UKRAINE — Russian tricolors flutter in the wind from Soviet-era buildings in this Black Sea port city, Russian-language billboards dot the sunlit streets, and gray warships ride at anchor ...