Director of The Cyborgs, Her Heart and Haytarma, speaks about contemporary Ukrainian film, about propaganda in movies, about what unites Crimean Tatars today, and about Crimea House in Kyiv, which Seitablayev has been running since early 2017

Russian law enforcers raided the houses of Muslim Crimean Tatars in Bakhchysarai in the morning of October 11

How the Kremlin propaganda is affecting Ukrainian Muslims

On June 14, it was a year since the last exchange of Ukrainian political prisoners in Russia took place. Nothing has happened in all that time to make a swap more likely

As of the end of March, 44 Ukrainian citizens remained in Russian captivity. What can Ukraine do to free them?

Freeing the Kremlin's prisoners as our main assignment for the year

One of the most proactive lawyers defending Crimean Tatars in courts ends up behind bars

As to Crimea, there is no way to count on Russia’s internal forces. So the main source of pressure remains external. That means sanctions

In an attempt to understand what Crimea meant and what it means for Ukraine today, to look at important moments in the history of the peninsula and Crimean Tatars, to define the foundation of Crimean Tatar identity, and to analyze the prospects of Crimea’s return to Ukraine and its position after de-occupation, The Ukrainian Week speaks to historian and political scientist Gulnara Bekirova

Shortly before the presentation of his new album Taterrium in April, jazz pianist and composer Useyn Bekirov spoke to The Ukrainian Week about ways to present his native culture in his music, jazz clubs in Ukraine, and the history of Crimean Tatar jazz since Soviet times

The roots of moderate Islam of the Crimean Tatars are buried in the history of this people

The Ukrainian Week speaks to the Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights about his recent visit to Crimea, the life of Crimean Tatars in the annexed peninsula, and Ukrainian political prisoners held in Russia

Serhiy Aksionov, the self-proclaimed Crimean Premier, bans mass events on the territory of the annexed Crimea through June 6. The copy of his decree was posted on his Facebook page

Astrid Thors, OSCE High Commissioner on National Minorities, on Crimean Tatars and Ukrainians as national minorities in the annexed Crimea, and necessary changes in legislation.

Said Ismagilov, the Mufti of the Spiritual Directorate of Muslims of Ukraine Ummah: “The status of Muslims here is far better than in Russia”

Russian aggression in Crimea reveals interesting aspects of using criminal groups in politics

Ex-premier of Crimea speaks about a fatal four-day procrastination following Russia’s invasion, attempts to bribe Crimean Tatars and reasons why the leaders of Crimea’s enforcement authorities defected to the Russians