Elnur Ametov, Assistant to the Member of the Parliament of Ukraine

Crimean Tatars and ethnic Ukrainians are those who suffer the most from the violations of International Law by Russia

Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991, Russia has set its gaze on Crimea. During the turbulent years of the 1990s, the Kremlin attempted to dispute the internationally recognized borders of Ukraine, creating two major sources of risk for Crimea: 1) the granting of Autonomous Administrative status to the peninsula essentially enshrined the dominance of Russian language and culture in Crimea, thus securing a level of Russian influence; 2) the Russian Black Sea Fleet remained stationed in Sevastopol. Both of these risk factors subsequently facilitated the illegal occupation of Crimea.

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