In Crimea, Time for Pressure, not Acceptance Why we cannot lose sight of the Crimean Tatars
Journal: Social Science Open Access Repository (GESIS – Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)
Year: 2014

Misguided calls within Germany for tacitly accepting - or even legalizing - Russia's 2014 annexation of Crimea are diverting attention from the situation there on the ground. Disregarding Russian promises made to the Crimean Tatar community, authorities are now cracking down on Tatar political and media organizations, under the pretext of the fight against "political extremism." As a result, Crimean Tatars have once again become a vulnerable minority under Russian rule - in the only place they c