11 Mart 2014 Salı

Crimean Tatars fear for their future as tension on the peninsula grows


Subscribe: More Breaking News: Tatars in Ukraine defy Russian actions in Сrimea, worry ab.\r\n\r\nAs Crimea's parliament proceeds with plans for a referendum on the peninsula's future, the area's largest ethnic minority, the Tatars, feel increasingly thre.\r\n\r\nCNN's Diana Magnay finds Crimea's minority Muslim Tatars fearful of a return to Russian control.\r\n\r\nMinority groups in Crimea are worried that they are not being heard and some are even forming community patrols to protect themselves. Around 300 unarmed men.\r\n\r\nFresh clashes in Ukraine: Russian activists attack pro-Kiev rally in Crimean port city of Sevastopol as Ukrainian prime minister vows 'this is our land'\r\n\r\nFresh clashes in Ukraine: Russian activists attack pro-Kiev rally in Crimean port city of Sevastopol as Ukrainian prime minister vows 'this is our land'\r\n\r\nCrimean Tatars of the city of Bakhchysaray in Crimea told RFE/RL's Tatar-Baskhir Service they were boycotting an upcoming referendum on the regional parliame.\r\n\r\nThe dispute over the Ukrainian republic of Crimea has largely pitted Ukraine against Russia. But the region's ethnic Tatars may have the most to lose. VOA's .\r\n\r\nSubscribe: More Breaking News: As the situation in Ukraine's Crimea escalates, the region.\r\n\r\nRussia appears to be strengthening its military presence in Crimea. As VOA's Kent Klein reports, a convoy of military vehicles identified as Russian entered .\r\n\r\nW/S Protesters holding the Russian flag W/S Protesters holding the Russian flag next to some holding Crimean Tartar and Ukrainian flags W/S Protesters holdin.\r\n\r\nIt has been more than a day and a half since Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 vanished on its way to Beijing, and the fate of the more than 200 people on board i.\r\n\r\n Please Subscribe Subscribe: More Breaking News: As the situation in Ukraine's Crimea escalates, the region. As the situation i.\r\n\r\nWith only days before the referendum on the future of Ukraine's Crimea region, all eyes are on the peninsula where a Russian-speaking majority is likely to s.\r\n\r\nCrimea's new parliament has voted to join Russia, a decision to be put to a local referendum in ten days. VOA's Elizabeth Arrott is in the regional capital S.\r\n\r\nAs the buildup of pro-Russian forces in the Crimea region of Ukraine continues, officials in Kyiv say that as many as 18000 occupiers are in the region. The.\r\n\r\nEvents in Ukraine have reignited debate in Washington about President Barack Obama's foreign policy and whether his administration suffers from a fundamental.\r\n\r\nCar shows around the world increasingly suggest that in the not-too-distant future, cars will feature autopilots handling some of the driving. An auto show n.\r\n\r\nTelegraph's Moscow Correspondent Roland Oliphant says it is Crimea's own history, scarred by war and divided over the question of nationhood, that have led t.\r\n\r\nVOA's Houston-based correspondent, Greg Flakus, tells On Assignment's Alex Villarreal about his series of reports on blues music. It may have originated in t.\r\n\r\nThe fight over Crimea's future has pitted Russia against Ukraine. But in the multi-ethnic peninsula loyalties are not so clear cut. VOA's Elizabeth Arrott ha.\r\n\r\nAs Ukrainians in Crimea prepare to vote on a on secession, Ukrainian Americans are publicly voicing concerns to members of Congress. As VOA's Kane Farabaugh .\r\n\r\nSubscribe: More Lifestyle News: Vincent Van Gogh took his own life in 1890. But it was s.\r\n\r\nFistfights broke out between pro- and anti-Russian demonstrators in Ukraine's strategic Crimea region on Wednesday as Russian President Vladimir Putin ordere.\r\n\r\nPreparation for war immediate test orders troops ' combat readiness Putin as 10000 Muslim followers of the new Ukrainian government confrontation with t.