Contents tagged with crimea
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Media: The Crimea experienced a 40% drop in tourism this season
Recreation in the Crimea is experiencing a new shock. The flow of tourists to the annexed peninsula at the beginning of the tourist season fell by almost 40%, according to Deutsche Welle.
"Among the reasons for the decrease in Russian interest in the peninsula are high prices for air tickets and cold weather," DW notes.
The data provided by tour operators is confirmed by the owners of large and small hotels located on the southern coast of the Crimea.
"In May, there was a drop in the flow of …
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Military Registration office in the annexed Crimea asked a Jehovah's Witnesses follower to change his beliefs
The Military Commission of the Bakhchisaray district of the annexed Crimea demanded a conscript-follower of the Jehovah’s Witnesses to provide “documentation of his change of belief”, as stated on the Russian Jehovah's Witnesses’ website.
It was reported that in early June, the Military Registration and Enlistment Office denied the young man the right to alternative services, stating he must change his beliefs.
The organization's website has also published a copy of the draft notice, in which …
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Representative of Crimean Tatars said Russia is trying to conceal human rights violations in the Crimea
Russian authorities are attempting to hide incidents of human rights violations in the Crimea but their attempts have so far been unsuccessful. This opinion was expressed by a member of the Mejlis, Eskender Bariev, live on Radio Krym.Realii on June 14.
He noted that despite Russia's attempts to demonstrate prosperity in the Crimea, the Mejlis have collected facts that prove the violation of collective rights of Crimean Tatars on the peninsula. Bariev went on at length to explain the situation: …
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Swedish Foreign Minister: Sweden and Lithuania oppose the annexation of the Crimea
Sweden and Lithuania oppose the illegal annexation of the Crimea by Russia and wish to end its aggression in the Donbas, as stated by Swedish Foreign Minister Margot Wallström, Interfax-Ukraine reports.
"We came to offer our support and assistance. We stand for international law and for Ukraine to freely choose its future. We also insist that the Crimea is part of Ukraine. We oppose the illegal annexation of the Crimea, and we want an end to Russian aggression in the eastern part of Ukraine," …
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Kyiv invites Russian diplomats to a concert in honor of the Crimea
The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has invited Russian diplomats to a jazz concert dedicated to the de-occupation of the Crimea, reports UNIAN, citing Anatolii Solovei, the head of the Public Diplomacy Department of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
It is reported that journalists asked if a representative of the Russian embassy was invited to the jazz concert "Music of Free People" (part of the third OPEN AIR event organized by the Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs).
"As far as I …
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Ukrainian politician accuses Russia of changing the demographic composition of the Crimea
Deputy Minister for Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons George Tuka said during an annual meeting with European partners that Russia is constantly building up its military potential on the territory of the annexed Crimea, the ministry’s press service reports.
In Tuka's opinion, this could be a threat not only because of possible aggression of Russia against the mainland of Ukraine but also because of changes in the ethnic composition of the population of the …
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Residents from the Donbas and the Crimea need to provide additional identification documents to obtain biometric passports in Ukraine
Residents from Donbas and Crimea need to provide additional identification documents to obtain biometric passports, as stated by the Press Secretary for the State enterprise, Document, Volodymyr Polishchuk, on Espreso.TV.
“To obtain biometric passports, citizens who register in the occupied territories of the Donbas and the Crimea need to provide additional documentation to support their identification”, he said.
Polishchuk stressed that the additional check is due to the impossibility of …
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Kremlin: providing anonymity to foreign investors in the Crimea might be impossible
Anatoly Aksakov, Chairman of the Russian State Duma Committee on Financial Markets, believes on the basis of experts’ opinions that providing anonymity to foreign investors coming to the Crimea by means of offshore elements will not work. He expressed such an opinion on June 11, at the media forum “Open Crimea: with your own eyes”, as reported by Kryminform news website.
“In the State Duma there is a corresponding draft law, we have discussed it with experts from the Central Bank, the Ministry …
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Crimean authorities invite foreign journalists to visit the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge
At the media forum "Open Crimea: With My Own Eyes”, the Kremlin-controlled Minister of Internal Politics, Information and Communications of the Crimea, Dmitry Polonsky, urged foreign journalists to see for themselves that the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge is "not fake", Crimean News Agency reports.
"You know that one of the most common false stories lately is that there is no Crimean bridge, and all that is in the media space is Photoshop and pictures. Those colleagues who agree to …
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Residents of Crimean city of Alupka ask Putin to help restore their city administration
Residents of the southern coastal city of Alupka are publicly asking Russian President Vladimir Putin to bring back the local government bodies that operated in the city through 2014. A corresponding video message is posted on YouTube and is being actively distributed via social networks.
The video features several dozen people of different ages, including children.
"Dear Vladimir Vladimirovich, the residents of the southern Crimean city of Alupka are turning to you. Our city is dying. Please, …