PART 4 A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA Afterwards, the managers of the newspaper found a way to continue the work with- out registration. The Russian legislation allows the printed media to be published without registration only if the circulation is less than 1 thousand copies. “We did not give up and did not despair, as promised. Perhaps that is why we were able to + nd a way out, despite some losses”. Message on the newspaper page on Facebook, April 7, 2015. News Agency ‘Crimean News’ (QHA) The ‘Crimean News’ (QHA) news agency also faced di7 culties and censorship. In particular, in May 2014, the agency’s editor received the RF General Prosecutor’s O7 ce directive demanding to remove the information about anti-government pro- tests planned in Russia on May 18 from the agency’s news feed. On August 9, 2014, the coordinator of ‘Crimean News’ (QHA) news agency, an advis- er to the head of the Mejlis, a member of the Union of Journalists of Turkic-speaking countries, Ismet Yuksel was denied entry to Crimea for 5 years. This was announced to him on the Crimean border when he returned with his family to Crimea through Kyiv after spending Eid al-Fitr holiday in Turkey. On February 20, 2015, QHA Editor-in-Chief Gayana Yuksel reported that Roskom- nadzor refused to register QHA news agency. Previously, the editors received an email response that did not explain the reasons for this refusal, while the written copy of the response stated that it was due to the presenting of incorrect informa- tion about the agency’s founder. After that the Agency moved to Kyiv. “To be honest, it hurts very much to leave Crimea because the activity of such regional media with a strong ethnic component like ours is unthinka- ble outside Crimea. I understand that it’s not the time for emotions, but we really wanted to stay in Crimea”. Gayana Yuksel, director of the news agency QHA, April 1, 2015, pub- lished on Crimea.Realities. BlackSeaNews BlackSeaNews is an information and news portal of the Black Sea region, which cov- ers developments in Ukraine, Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Turkey, Bulgaria, 108