Ukraine is commemorating on May 18 the victims of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's mass deportation of Tatars from Crimea in 1944. A minute of silence was observed across the country at noon - except in Crimea, where Russia-backed authorities have banned annual commemorations of the deportation after Moscow illegally annexed the peninsula in March 2014.
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty: Ukraine commemorates Crimean Tatars’ deportation
Ukraine is commemorating on May 18 the victims of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin's mass deportation of Tatars from Crimea in 1944.
