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It is easy to say – he died for Motherland. It is easy to say – he was a patriot […]. But what if – not for Motherland? But what if – he wasn’t?..   Sergey Onchurov came from Dzhankoy. He grew up in Crimea, believed in communism. He argued with a teacher of history…

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Recently being a volunteer became a trend. Besides large volunteer organizations, a big amount of small centers of assistance and local separate activists that often intervene in cooperation with volunteer organizations of Ukraine and near-aboard countries appeared in the regions. However, how complete does the assistance get to migrants through the “second hands”? Journalist of…

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The keynote of the Crimean mass media was defined by two factors last week: the search for “a fifth column”, introduction of a term “creative class” to the masses and another positive news that “the building will save Crimea” from the speaker-constructor of “the State Council” Vladimir Konstantinov. Against the background of the coming anniversary…

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Our train from Kiev arrives to the half-empty train station of Slovyansk at half past 7 in the morning. People unhurriedly get out of the carriages: mostly these are elder women with the fabled plaid bags. Packs of dogs, which are chased by employees of the station from time to time, run along the tracks….

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When the Russian troops entered the territory of South Ossetia for “provision of fraternal assistance” and pacification of Georgia in August 2008, experts started to say that Crimea was going to be the next one. These words became prophetic. Back in 2008 as well as in 2014 the world responded by a deep concern to…

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According to certain mass media of the peninsula, Crimea has been already recognized by Europe and sanctions have been lifted. Also the attention of the Crimean mass media was focused on the salary collapse that always has extraordinary recipes to overcome it: our own Chapaev and tribunal are required. National government press writes about that….

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Ukraine is caught in a very complicated geopolitical, economic, humanitarian situation now. How is it possible to get out this crisis? How is it possible to build a new state under conditions of the war? How is it possible to survive at all? These questions became crucial during the public discussion “In what way can…

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The Transdniestrian Moldovan Republic became a member of the club of unrecognized states in the beginning of the 1990s. The declaration of sovereignty, the military conflict with Moldova and the brotherly help of Russia preceded all this. However, the main part in the Moldova-Transdniestrian conflict played not the ethnical factor, but the fear of approaching…

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Due to the shell attacks that became more frequent, a number of migrants has increased significantly in Donbass: more than 1.5 thousand people have been taken from Debaltseve and surrounding villages within two weeks of February. However, even today there are the half-starved people, who live without electricity and gas in basements: there are about…

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70s anniversary of the Yalta Conference was a cause of the geopolitical pride of Crimea last week. All the media of the peninsula with one voice concurred that as back then, now it is needed to make arrangements with Russia, of course. There will be a secretary Ira, saving the peninsula from secret services in…

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