Contents tagged with crimea
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Ukrainian official: Crimea drying out completely
Crimea, which used to live off water from mainland Ukraine, is completely drying out, Deputy Minister for the Occupied Territories Yuriy Hrymchak said in a comment for Obozrevatel news outlet.
“We monitor using satellites that photograph Crimean territory. Today, more than 70% of the previously normal vegetation is drying up. Put in understandable language, steppe Crimea, which lived off water which came from Ukraine, is drying up completely, it’s true,” Hrymchak said.
When asked whether …
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FIFA has not allowed Russia to create an official fan zone in Crimea
FIFA did not grant the Crimea the right to open an official World Cup fan zone on the peninsula, the “Minister of Tourism and Resorts" of the Crimea, Vadim Volchenko reported.
"We and the Federal Agency of the Russian Federation for Tourism approached FIFA to obtain permission for public broadcasts of World Cup [matches] and didn't get an answer," R-Sport agency quoted Volchenko as saying.
"It is a weird situation, there is neither a refusal nor an answer. In fact, it seems like a ban for the …
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Russia launches large-scale aviation exercises near the Ukrainian border and in annexed Crimea
The Russian Federation has launched large-scale aviation exercises for the Southern military district, involving roughly one hundred aircraft and helicopters. The Air Defense and the Black Sea Fleet forces will take part in the exercises, which are set to take place in the Rostov region, Krasnodar Krai, and annexed Crimea, the Interfax agency reports, citing the Russian Ministry of Defense. During the exercises, aircraft will land on a prepared airfield in the Rostov region and will perform …
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Kyiv reminds Ukrainian banks of ban on Russian banknotes and coins depicting Crimea
The National Bank of Ukraine (NBU) informed Ukrainian banks, banking associations and the Ukrainian Postal Service (Ukrposhta) of a list of Russian banknotes banned for use in Ukraine, including banknotes and coins depicting the annexed Crimea, reports UNIAN, citing the NBU’s press service.
According to the report, the NBU sent a letter to banks listing the Russian banknotes put into circulation in 2018 that are currently banned for currency exchange and cash operations in Ukraine. These …
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Putin dismisses the heads of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Ministry of Emergency Situations of Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has dismissed the heads of the Crimean Interior Ministry and the Ministry of Emergency Situations, Sergey Abisov and the Sergei Shakhov, respectively.
The decree on the dismissal of the "Minister of Internal Affairs of the Republic of Crimea," Sergey Abisov was published on the Russian government’s website of legal information.
The website of the Crimean authorities noted that Abisov was born in 1967 in Simferopol. He started serving in internal affairs in 1998 …
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Serbian President explains decision not to recognize Crimea as part of Russia
Serbia has not recognized Russia’s annexation of Crimea, since it would have implied recognition of Kosovo’s independence, Serbian President Aleksandar Vučić told Le Monde in an interview.
“We have not recognized Crimea as part of Russia. If we did that, it would imply that we support the independence of Kosovo,” the Serbian leader said.
He also explained why Belgrade has not placed sanctions on Russia.
“Serbia cannot shoot itself in the foot by introducing sanctions against Russia. Put …
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Kremlin: Russia to conduct exercises in Crimea involving one hundred aircraft and helicopters
Approximately one hundred aviation units will take part in large-scale exercises in Russia’s Southern Military District, the Russian Defense Ministry’s press service reports.
According to the Russian Ministry, fighters and bombers will fire air-to-air missiles and carry out bombing at the Opuk test range in the Crimea.
As reported, army helicopters will additionally provide fire support for the Russian Black Sea Fleet marine amphibious forces landing on the rugged coast.
The Russian Ministry …
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Dzhemilev: Russia has relocated a million people to Crimea
Russia has been settling the Crimea en masse with Russian-language citizens from different regions, stated Mustafa Dzhemilev, the President of Ukraine’s Commissioner for the Affairs of the Crimean Tatar People, in an interview with Ukrinform.
“The enforced change of the demographics in the occupied territory, according to the Geneva Convention of 1949, belongs to the category of war crimes,” he remarked.
This is why information on the number of settlers is “carefully concealed”, Dzhemilev …
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Russia accused the Ukrainian Security Service of creating an extremist group in Crimea
The Federal Security Service of Russia claimed that it stopped the activity of an extremist group in the Crimea created by Erol Veliyev, an assistant to Verkhovna Rada lawmaker and Crimean Tatar Leader Mustafa Dzhemilev, Russian media reports.
According to the Russian special services, the group was established in Kharkiv under the supervision of Refat Chubarov and with the support of the Security Service of Ukraine. Two athletes, former boxers A. Steshenko and A. Tretyakov were named as co- …
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Ukrainian President: Russia will be held responsible for the construction of the Kerch Bridge
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko stated on Twitter that he was confident that Russia would be held responsible for the “illegal construction of the Kerch Bridge and other crimes.”
“Russia will need [the Kerch Bridge] as a road to retreat. After the restoration of Ukraine’s sovereignty in the Crimea, Ukraine will use it to strengthen links with Kuban where a large number of Ukrainians live,” his statement reads.
According to Russian media, Arkady Rotenberg, Chairman of the Board of …