Last year, on May 16, 2014, a statement was released by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on the 70th anniversary of the Crimean Tatar deportation. More than 230,000 Crimean Tatars were forced from their homeland by Joseph Stalin in 1944. The statement explained: “Those who survived the horrific transit to Central Asia, the Urals … Continue reading May 16, 2014