Russia’s Crimean crimes demand tougher sanctions UkraineAlert by Maria Tomak
Russian troops without identifying insignia pictured in early 2014 during the seizure of Ukraine s Crimean peninsula. Over the past seven years, Russian-occupied Crimea has witnessed a dramatic rise in human rights abuses. (REUTERS/Baz Ratner)
Almost seven years have passed since the Kremlin first began its campaign of hostilities against Ukraine, but Russia has yet to face the full force of international justice. Efforts to end this impunity are slowly gaining momentum, with international courts recently reporting progress in a number of cases relating to the Russo-Ukrainian War. Meanwhile, Ukrainian civil society activists are seeking more immediate action and calling on the United States to widen sanctions against Russian officials accused of human rights abuses in Russian-occupied Crimea.
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