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Ukraine's Channel 5 TV reporting that acting President Oleksandr Turchynov has written an official letter to the Justice Ministry asking that it examine materials gathered by the State Security Service and the Prosecutor-General's Office regarding unconstitutional activities by Ukraine's Communist Party.
15:41
18.5.2014
The German news magazine "Spiegel" says NATO is looking at possible scenarios in the event of a Russian military action in Eastern Europe, but is unprepared for such a situation at the moment (in German).
14:57
18.5.2014
Video from our Ukraine Service's Crimea desk showing Russian helicopters flying over a Crimean Tatar rally in Simferopol today commemorating the 70th anniversary of Stalin's deportation of Crimean Tatars.
14:36
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Our Ukrainian Service reports on plans by the "People's Republic of Donetsk" to hold parliamentary elections on September 14.
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Crimean Tatar leader Mustafa Dzhemilev addressed a rally today in Kyiv marking the 70th anniversary of Stalin's mass deportation of Crimean Tatars.
Dzhemilev, who is banned by the de facto authorities in Crimea from returning to the peninsula, later spoke to reporters:
"All our compatriots are confident that Crimea will be liberated from the occupiers and it will definitely again become an integral part of our great Ukraine."
Dzhemilev, who is banned by the de facto authorities in Crimea from returning to the peninsula, later spoke to reporters:
"This year the situation [of Tatars in Crimea] is almost the same as it used to be during the Soviet regime. All events related to the anniversary have been called off."
"At the moment the square in Simferopol, where traditionally all annual rallies would take place with the participation of [Ukrainian] officials and where presidential addresses would be read out to people, is surrounded by [Russian] soldiers, riot police, and pro-Russian so-called self-defense groups."
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