At the northern end of the Black Sea, Crimea sits at the crossroads of Europe and Asia, having been at various times in its ...

Russia has canceled this year's Victory Day parade in the occupied Crimean port city of Sevastopol, Russian state-controlled ...

For nearly two years in Russian captivity, Leniye Umerova clung to a single hope: that one day, she would return home — to ...

Russia’s illegal seizure of Crimea from Ukraine 11 years ago was quick and bloodless. But Kyiv and most of the world never ...

In Ukraine, memories of Russia’s annexation are fresh and resentments run high, leaving the country’s president few choices ...

An officer being poured a drink at an army camp in Russia, during the Crimean War. Although the proximate cause of the Crimean War in the mid-19th century was a dispute between Russia and the ...

An officer being poured a drink at an army camp in Russia, during the Crimean War. (Roger Fenton/Getty Images | Hulton Archive) Although the proximate cause of the Crimean War in the mid-19th ...