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Why Crimean Tatars are fearful as Russia invades Ukraine

  • Written by Brian Glyn Williams, Professor of Islamic History, UMass Dartmouth
imageCrimean Tatars gathered for a rally commemorating the 70th anniversary of Stalin's mass deportation, in Simferopol, Crimea, on May 18, 2014. AP Photo/Alexander Polegenko

As Vladimir Putin’s forces wage a brutal war against Ukraine, the Crimean Tatars living in Russian-occupied Crimea and on the Ukrainian mainland feel particularly threatened...

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