
The Global Jigsaw
The Global Jigsaw
Life in occupied Ukraine: Crimea
February 20, 2025
27 minutes
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Russia’s land grab playbook aimed at erasing local identity and Russifying “liberated” territories. Three years into the full scale invasion of Ukraine, we ask what life is like in areas under Russian control. Part one looks at “ripe for Russification” Crimea, which was annexed 11 years ago. Part two focuses on Moscow’s subsequent efforts to assert itself in the separatist East. And in part three we explore the Kremlin’s challenges in subjugating parts of the newly occupied Kherson and Zaporizhzhia regions. As time es, the uncertainty over the future of what Ukraine calls “temporarily occupied territories” grows bigger.
Producer: Kriszta Satori
Presenter: Krassi Twigg