Tartars – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com Columnist & Foreign Correspondent Wed, 24 Jun 2026 08:25:34 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://ianbirrell.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/cropped-ian-birrell-favicon-32x32.png Tartars – Ian Birrell https://ianbirrell.com 32 32 Crimea’s sham vote – and a very uneasy truce https://ianbirrell.com/crimeas-sham-vote-and-a-very-uneasy-truce/ Tue, 18 Mar 2014 10:43:39 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=2188 Crimea’s referendum was a sham display of democracy https://ianbirrell.com/crimeas-referendum-was-a-sham-display-of-democracy/ Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:03:10 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=2179 The shock troops sent to terrorise Putin’s opponents https://ianbirrell.com/the-shock-troops-sent-to-terrorise-putins-opponents/ Sat, 15 Mar 2014 11:16:32 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=2174 Crimean notebook: ‘They’ll have to break all my bones to make me a Russian citizen’ https://ianbirrell.com/crimean-notebook-theyll-have-to-break-all-my-bones-to-make-me-a-russian-citizen/ Thu, 13 Mar 2014 09:06:28 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=2171 Inside the lair of ‘The Goblin’ https://ianbirrell.com/inside-the-lair-of-the-goblin/ Mon, 10 Mar 2014 09:25:09 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=2163 Tartars in fear of brutal Russians’ return https://ianbirrell.com/rounded-up-by-the-russians-and-now-facing-them-again/ Wed, 05 Mar 2014 07:51:59 +0000 https://ianbirrell.com/?p=2158