Госдепартамент США призвал аннексировавшую Крым РФнезамедлительно освободить задержанного на полуострове первого зампредседателя Меджлиса крымских татар Наримана Джелялова и еще, по меньшей мере, 45 крымских татар.
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Leaders of the Crimean Tatar parliament on Monday called on the West not to recognize Russia's upcoming presidential elections and to boycott this summer's FIFA World Cup in Russia.
Lithuania reiterated on Wednesday its non-recognition of "the illegal occupation and annexation of Crimea" by Russia.
Crimea is part of Ukraine, regardless of annexation of the peninsula by Russia four years ago, Lithuania's Constitutional Court chairman Dainius Žalimas said at a meeting with Crimea's Tatars in Kiev.
Viktoras Pranckietis, the speaker of the Lithuanian parliament, on Friday visited a checkpoint on the administrative boundary line between Ukraine's southern Kherson region and Crimea, which was annexed by Russia more than three years ago.
Russia aims to boost it influence upon the Tatar community in Lithuania and take advantage of the disputes on the rights of the Polish residents of Lithuania, intelligence institutions said in an annual report of national security threats published on Monday.
Events in Lithuania have begun to commemorate Lithuania's Day of Mourning and Hope, which is held every year on 14 June. To read this article, try a €5.99 monthly subscription by clicking here.
According to Refat Chubarov, the president of the Crimean Tatar World Congress and the elected chairperson of the Mejlis (the quasi-governing assembly of the Crimean Tatars), the Russian Federation is in the process of creating a Crimean Tatar military corps to neutralize protests and counter defian...
Eurovision results are political, Lithuania's Foreign Minister Linas Linkevičius agrees, and they show Europe's views not just on music, but on global events, too.
Russian politicians and state-controlled media have expressed outrage over the Eurovision victory of Ukraine's singer Jamala who's song is widely seen as a swipe against Russia's annexation of Crimea.
Tatars of Crimea are "the new enslaved people in today's Europe", says Lithuanian statesman Vytautas Landsbergis.
The Lithuanian parliament's website cannot be reached by foreign users due to a cyber attack, the Seimas office said on Monday morning.
Six foreign ministers of the Baltic and Nordic states call on Europe not to let down pressure on Russia over the annexation of Crimea. What follows is their message:
Attempts by Russian law enforcement institutions to ban activities of the Mejlis, or council, of Crimean Tatars is politically-motivated persecution, says Lithuanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
