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Dutch parliament recognizes Soviet 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars as genocide

The lower house of the Dutch parliament on June 19 officially recognized the 1944 mass deportation of Crimean Tatars by the Soviet Union as genocide, according to a statement from the parliamentary press service. The motion cited precedent from other countries that have recognized the forced deportations as genocide, including Poland, the Czech Republic, Canada, […]

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As Ukraine’s fate hangs in the balance, ‘Soviet’ command culture damages war effort

Last February, a Ukrainian company commander going by his callsign Veter was ordered to send his people to reinforce another unit’s position over the next few hours. He was told that four National Guardsmen were holding the position on the other side of the village they were defending in Ukraine’s east. But when Veter’s own […]