Crimea: A Year Under Occupation

Over a year after Russia illegally annexed the Crimean peninsula, signs of the new regime are visible. Some are benign: the ruble has replaced the hryvnia as the local currency; the majority of residents now carry Russian passports; the Russian flag hangs in the peninsula’s capital, Simferopol. Other signs of Russia’s takeover are more sinister: critics of the power-change are subject to unwarranted arrests; religious and ethnic minorities, such as the Crimean Tatars face persecution from local authorities;