Russian authorities barred an independent Ukrainian journalist, Taras Ibragimov, from entering Crimea last weekend and issued him a 34-year-ban. Ibragimov had traveled regularly to Crimea the past four years, and in May 2019 joined me in Crimea as a videographer, when I interviewed dozens of lawyers and family members of Crimean Tatars jailed on bogus terrorism charges.
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Pedestrians walk behind traps symbolizing Ukrainian political prisoners and prisoners of war held in Russia and Crimea during a performance on Kyiv's Sofia Square on Oct. 15, 2019.
