It has taken two weeks for Crimea to slip from Ukrainian control and into Russia’s grasp. The peninsula was “gifted” to Ukraine in 1954 by then-Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev, a largely symbolic ...

Russia’s lower and upper houses of parliament on Friday pledged to vote into law the result of a “historic” March 16 referendum in the Ukrainian region of Crimea on becoming part of Russia. The ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Over 12 years of occupation of Crimea, the Russians have imprisoned almost 300 people on fabricated political charges, 159 of them ...

In 1954, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev transferred Crimea from Russia to Ukraine to commemorate the 300th anniversary of ...

The referendum to break Crimea away from Ukraine and make it a part of Russia passed by an overwhelming margin on Sunday although the U.S. and other Western nations have questioned the legitimacy of ...

During his "Tonight Show" monologue Monday, Jimmy Fallon assessed Crimea's referendum in which citizens voted to break away from the Ukraine and join Russia. "A new poll found that two-thirds of ...

Now, with the peninsula devoured by war, the 2014 triumph has turned into a tragedy for those who live there. The situation could get even worse. New questions open up before the peninsula: will it ...

Chairman of the State Council of the Republic urged Crimeans to show restraint, patience, and unite SIMFEROPOL, June 23. /TASS/. The intensified Ukrainian attacks on the Crimean peninsula are ...

Ukrainian drone strikes on refineries, depots and pipelines. Tanker trucks attacked and left ablaze along the land corridor ...

Strikes on fuel and power infrastructure have cut electricity in parts of Crimea, strained water supplies and pushed residents to the black market for gasoline.