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Simferopol

Players from Tavriya Simferopol huddle together at a match earlier this year.

War disrupts Ukrainian soccer, but the game still goes on

Sports

Ukraine didn’t qualify for this year’s World Cup, and Russia was banned from the games. But soccer goes on in both countries, amid a war that could decide the future of the sport in Crimea and eastern Ukraine.

Elmaz and her husband, Timur Barotov, refugees from Crimea who now live in Lviv, Ukraine

One year after the Russian takeover, refugees from Crimea share their stories

Conflict
Russian regular troops and Cossacks storming the Turkish fortress of Khadjibey in 1789, by P.P.Parkhet. Khadjibey was later renamed Odessa for the ancient Greek colony on the Black Sea.

Why do so many places in Ukraine and Crimea sound a bit Greek?

Global Politics
Russian regular troops and Cossacks storming the Turkish fortress of Khadjibey in 1789, by P.P.Parkhet. Khadjibey was later renamed Odessa for the ancient Greek colony on the Black Sea.

Why do so many places in Ukraine and Crimea sound a bit Greek?

Global Politics
Olesya is an ethnic Russian in Crimea. She says she loves Russia, and thinks of it as a big brother to Ukraine. "But now they are violating my rights," she says.

This Ukrainian thought of Russia as a big brother. Until they intervened in Crimea

Conflict & Justice
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Crimea

Can Crimea really just ditch Ukraine for Russia?

Global Politics

It seems like Crimea will soon be part of Russia, unless Ukraine want to fight its neighbor or western sanctions prompt a dramatic about-face for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Crimea

Can Crimea really just ditch Ukraine for Russia?

Global Politics

It seems like Crimea will soon be part of Russia, unless Ukraine want to fight its neighbor or western sanctions prompt a dramatic about-face for Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Protestors in the Crimean city of Simferopol come out support of the new government in Kiev.

Russian troops are stirring ethnic tensions that could tear Crimea apart

Conflict & Justice

Masked Russian troops have moved into Crimea, with unmarked uniforms and heavy arms. Some of the residents cheer them, while others fear them. And they may be the undoing of the delicate ethnic balance in Crimea.Masked Russian troops have moved into Crimea, with unmarked uniforms and heavy arms. Some of the residents cheer them, while others fear them. And they may be the undoing of the delicate ethnic balance in Crimea.

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