Russia is deliberately creating an atmosphere of fear and aggression in occupied Crimea with Ukraine and Ukrainians pitched as “the enemy.” This is the main conclusion of a monitoring assessment of Russian and Crimean media undertaken by the Crimean Human Rights Group and Human Rights Information Center.

Since Russia’s invasion and occupation of Crimea have been recognized by the International Criminal Court as an international armed conflict, it is legitimate to consider such deliberate incitement to hatred to be one of Russia’s weapons of war.