In a new treaty with Russia to be signed on Friday, Iran has rejected Moscow's annexation of Crimea, according to the Middle East Eye. Newsweek has contacted the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the ...

But it isn’t just the cases of residents of Crimea that its Moscow-controlled judges are hearing these days. Since Russia launched its unprovoked full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 ...

Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tonnes of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the Kerch Strait ...

A total of 32 dolphins have died in a Russian oil spill in the Kerch Strait between Crimea and Russia's southern Krasnodar region, an animal rescue group has said. Russia's Delfa Dolphin Rescue ...

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Russia declared a regional state of emergency on Saturday (Jan 4) in Crimea, which it seized from Ukraine in 2014, as workers cleared tons of contaminated sand and earth on either side of the ...

The Russian occupying authorities have reported receiving over RUB 4.8 billion (US$48.5 million) from the sale of "nationalised" property belonging to Ukrainians in occupied Crimea. Source: Radio ...

At least 1,000 residents of Crimea have died fighting for Russia since Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, according to an investigation by RFE/RL. Ukraine's Crimean Peninsula was ...

More than 10,000 people, largely volunteers, raced to rescue wildlife and remove tons of sand saturated with mazut, a heavy, low-quality oil product, according to Russian news reports. Authorities ...

Russia-appointed officials in Moscow-occupied Crimea announced a regional emergency Saturday, as oil was detected on the shores of Sevastopol, the peninsula's largest city. Fuel oil spilled out of ...

Russia's transport ministry said this week experts had established that about 2,400 metric tons of oil products had spilled into the sea, a smaller spill than initially feared. When the disaster ...