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Minorities
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What Happened to Crimea?
25 Feb 2015 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
An interview with Dimiter Kenarov for WBEZ’s Worldview (Chicago Public Radio)
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Putin’s Peninsula Is a Lonely Island
06 Feb 2015 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
No tourists, frightened Tatars, and Russians have taken all the jobs. Welcome to Crimea in winter.
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Dashed Hopes in Gay Ukraine
19 Jan 2015 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Ukainians thought that, post-Maidan, their country would start to look more like Europe. But for members of the LGBT community, things may have even gotten worse.
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Crimea’s Drug Users in a Predicament
16 Dec 2014 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
When Russia annexed Crimea in March of this year, it closed down all OST (opioid substitution therapy) programs. As a result, drug users in Crimea have found themselves in a serious predicament.
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Crimea: With or Without Drugs
15 Dec 2014 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Georgii, a resident of Crimea, struggled with drug addiction for years before finding a solution in opioid substitution therapy (OST). But when Russia annexed the peninsula, it dismantled the program.
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Transgender Crimea
03 Dec 2014 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Pasha is a transgender person from Sevastopol, Crimea, but Russia’s annexation of the peninsula earlier this year threw his whole life into chaos. Today he is a refugee in Kiev.
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Guliver’s Travels: Preserving History in Putin’s Crimea
15 Apr 2014 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
One man’s quest to honor the once-mighty Muslim Tatar state.
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“All We Can Do Is Try to Defend Our Families”
15 Mar 2014 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Behind enemy lines, the motley Tatar self-defense units of Crimea anxiously patrol a homeland they fear will be ripped from them once again.
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“I Have Decided to Stay Here and Protest Until I Die”
11 Mar 2014 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
The last stand of Crimea’s pro-Ukraine movement.
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Ukraine: Crimea Under Siege
03 Mar 2014 by Dimiter Kenarov / No Comments
Edging to the brink of civil war, Crimea has turned into a geopolitical crisis, perhaps the gravest threat to peace in Europe since the end of the Cold War.
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