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Russian crimes in Ukraine

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Deportation and unlawful confinementDocumented1 September 2015 · month known

Forced imposition of Russian citizenship and conscription pressure in Crimea

Simferopol · Crimea

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Account

Occupation authorities in Crimea automatically imposed Russian citizenship on residents and began conscripting Crimean men into the Russian armed forces, a practice OHCHR characterized as a violation of international humanitarian law obligations of an occupying power.

Sources

UN OHCHR — Situation of human rights in the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea and the city of Sevastopol