Saying that the annexation of Crimea ruined many lives is as much as to say nothing. But contrary to popular belief, immigrants (“internally displaced people”) and political prisoners are not those people who were hit by it the most but it is those who will know about current events only when they become older. The…

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Co-head of the Coordinating Council of internally displaced persons from Crimea Andriy Shchekun considers the resolution of the government that foresees a monthly addressed allowance for IDPs from the temporary occupied territory of Ukraine and antiterrorist operational areas a publicity move. Commenting on this situation, Andiy Shchekun claimed: “Authorities demonstrates populist’s slogans. No one has…

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While evidently overstating, Crimean statistics happily reports that 98% of Crimeans have already become owners of Russian passports. Really a lot of residents of the occupied peninsula had to take “red books” but not because they wanted it very much or they dreamed to become citizens of Russia all their live. They did it in…

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In the modern Ukrainian reality a standard term “internally displaced person” hides complicated problems, sometimes even tragedies related to resettlement, work, breaking the bonds with a small motherland. When moving from the Crimea to the mainland, first and foremost, immigrants use job searches as means of living. But harsh realities, which are not typical for…

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