Contents tagged with crimea
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Ukraine submits a minute-by-minute account of the seizure of the Crimea to European Court of Human Rights
Ukraine has submitted to the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) in Strasbourg the testimony of fifty witnesses and about a hundred video recordings concerning the annexation of the Crimea, said government commissioner for the ECHR Ivan Leshchina.
“For each videotape we have testimony of either the person who made the recording or was in it,” Leshchina said on a broadcast on Channel 5.
We made three separate timetables. One is the arrival of the Russian troops. We showed when they arrived, …
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Media: Siemens banned Iranian company from supplying turbines to Crimea
The German company Siemens has forbidden the Iranian company Mapna to supply gas turbines to the Russian-occupied Crimea. Three sources close to Siemens, Rostec and the Russian government reported the information to RBC.
According to them, by autumn 2016, Siemens began delaying the equipment delivery after the media had reported information on the turbines’ supply to the Crimea bypassing the sanctions. In this regard, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the government and Rostec to find …
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Putin signs law on debt repayment by Crimeans to Ukrainian banks
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the repayment of debts by residents of the annexed Crimea to Ukrainian banks.
The corresponding document was published on the president's website on Monday, reported RIA Novosti.
In particular, it gives the borrower the right to apply to the Deposit Protection Fund (DPF) established by the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), with confirmation of freedom from cooperation with persons entitled to demand payment of the debt. At the same time, the …
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Russian military show off new weapons in the annexed Crimea
On July 30th, on the occasion of the Russian Navy Day, the Russian military presented more than 20 units of caterpillar and wheeled military equipment, facilities, and weapons in the center of the annexed Sevastopol.
As reported by Krym.Realii, the Bastion mobile coastal anti-ship missile system equipped with a Yakhont modernized self-directed missile, a mobile command and staff radio station, a floating wheeled armored personnel carrier, a S-300 Favorit anti-aircraft missile system designed …
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Putin signs law on visitor's tax for the Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law that would impose a fee for the use of resort infrastructure in three regions of Russia and the annexed Crimea.
The corresponding document is published on the Russian Federation's portal for legal information.
It says that an "experiment on the development of resort infrastructure" will be carried out in these regions through December 31, 2022.
Payers of the fee will be physical persons who have reached the age of majority and who are living …
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Expert: Blackout in the Crimea was due to a shortage of power supply in neighboring Russia
The Director of the Center for Global Studies, Strategy XXI, Mykhailo Gonchar, believes that the blackout in the Crimea was due to a shortage of electricity in the neighboring regions of Russia, as he stated in a commentary with Krym.Realii.
"The so-called energy bridge is in fact not very reliable. The neighboring region of Russia, Taman, which provides the power is as energy-deficient as the Crimea. If it's hot there, it's hot in the Crimea. We can assume that everyone turned on their air …
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Five non-EU countries extend sanctions against the Crimea
Five countries have extended sanctions against the Crimea until June 23, 2018. Norway, Albania, Montenegro, Georgia and Ukraine made the decision subsequent to that of the EU.
This is noted in a statement by the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs Federica Mogherini.
"They [the five countries] will ensure that their national policies are consistent with this decision of the Council [of Europe on the adoption of the signatures.] The European Union takes note of their commitments and …
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Ukraine protests the statement by Italian Ambassador to Russia about 'Crimea's vote for independence'
Rome officially does not recognize the "annexation of the Crimea" and supports the integrity of Ukraine; however, the statement of Italian Ambassador to Russia Cesare Ragaglini contradicts the position of the Italian government.
This was noted in a statement by the Ukrainian Ambassador to Italy Yevhen Perelygin, which was distributed by the press service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) of Ukraine.
"Ragaglini stressed that" Crimea was not the first country to vote for its independence …
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Ukrainian TV channels to start broadcasting to Crimea on Ukraine’s Independence Day
Five Ukrainian TV channels will start broadcasting to annexed Crimea on Ukraine’s Independence Day – August 24, Serhiy Kostinsky, a member of the National Television and Radio Broadcasting Council, told Krym.Realii.
“The National Council is supposed to issue licenses – this is a technical process. All of the necessary equipment for organizing digital TV broadcasting to Crimean territory has already been established, and is waiting for the broadcasters.
Preparing the licenses will take some …
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Major blackout hits Crimea
On Friday, 28 July, another blackout hit the annexed Crimea. The blackout was reportedly caused by an accident in Krasnodar Krai in neighboring Russia.
It is reported that there is no power in the cities of Simferopol, Sevastopol, Yalta, Kerch, Feodosiya and other places.
The Russia-controlled Ministry of Fuel and energy of the Crimea also confirms the loss of power throughout the peninsula. According to the Minister Vadim Belik, the Crimea was "completely without electricity" due to an …