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Crimean authorities: more than a hundred foreign delegations visited the peninsula in the last half year
The permanent representative of annexed Crimea under the President of Russia, Georgy Muradov, stated that groups of foreign politicians, businessmen and public figures regularly visit the Crimea. According to him, over the past six months, more than a hundred such groups visited the peninsula.
He said this on September 27 at a video press conference bridging Moscow and Simferopol. RIA Novosti Krym reported Muradov as saying that the said visits would influence the formation of international …
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Deputy Head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People sentenced to two years in prison
The Simferopol District Court, which is under the control of the Russian authorities, found Ilmi Umerov, deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, guilty of calls for separatism and sentenced him to two years in prison in a colony settlement, reported his attorney Mark Feygin.
The prosecutor’s office asked that Umerov be given a three-and-a-half-year suspended sentenced.
Umerov was arrested in Simferopol on May 12, 2016. An hour before his arrest, he posted information on his …
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Russian State Border Service buys 50 km of fence to install on the Crimea-Ukraine border
The Russian-controlled Border Service of the Federal Security Service for the Crimea announced the purchase of 49.5 km of a fence for installation near the administrative border with annexed Crimea, Kryminform news agency reports with reference to the website of state purchases of neighboring Russia.
According to the document, 212.9 million rubles ($3.6 million) were allocated for the purchase and installation of a full-profile fence. "The engineering barrier is intended for use as a part of …
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Siemens rethinks its procedure of working with Russian customers after the turbine-delivery scandal
After the delivery of Siemens turbines to a power plant in the Crimea in defiance of sanctions and without the manufacturer’s consent, the German concern plans to take measures regarding any future cooperation with Russian customers, CEO of Siemens AG, Joe Kaeser said in an interview with the German magazine Spiegel.
"In any case, our trusting relations with Russia, formed over more than 160 years, were spoiled," he said, stressing that this was "not a trivial trespass." "On the other hand, …
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Media: 'Representative office' for the 'Russian community of the Crimea' opened in Luhansk
In the separatist-held Luhansk, representative offices for the "Russian Community of the Crimea" and the “Russia – Donbas Committee” were opened. They are expected to be able to provide information on the registration of documents required by Russia, as well as Crimean information, in particular, about tourist routes to the annexed peninsula, as reported by RIA Novosti news agency.
According to the agency, the main goal of the representative offices will be the development of economic ties …
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Crimean officials organize a reception for Chinese tourists visiting the peninsula
A group of Chinese tourists, representatives of think tanks and businesses came to the annexed Crimea for a vacation. On September 22, they met with the head of the Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov and the Speaker of the Russian Parliament of Crimea, Vladimir Konstantinov.
This was reported by the press service of the Crimean parliament. The Chinese tourists came to "study the prospects of educational tourism, including a gastronomic program."
"I am ready to show our achievements in the field of …
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Russian Ministry of Defense organizes a missile and artillery armament conference in Crimea
The second All-Russian scientific and practical conference devoted to "topical problems of the development and operation of missile and artillery weapons, special weapons and naval equipment" will be held in annexed Sevastopol from September 27 to 29 at the Nakhimov Black Sea High Navy School, as announced by the press service of the Russian Southern Military District on September 23.
"The purpose of the conference is to exchange scientific and practical experience and to define the main …
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Security Service of Ukraine investigating more unauthorized visits of Crimea by foreign ships
In response to the appeal by the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has promised to include in the records of joint pre-trial investigation the violations in August to September 2017 by foreign vessels of the ban on entry into the ports of annexed Crimea, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine.
The Ministry’s website indicated that it had previously sent appeals to the Office of …
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Crimean court sentences journalist Semena to 2.5 years probation
The Zheleznodorozhny District Court of Simferopol, which is controlled by the Kremlin, has sentenced Crimean journalist Mykola Semena to a two and a half years suspended sentence with a probation period of three years and a prohibition on engagement in public activities, Krym.Realii reported.
The day prior, Semena made a final speech in court, during which he said that if he were convicted, it would "affect all of journalism in Russia."
The Prosecutor called for punishment for Semena in the …
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Russian authorities in the Crimea announce further personnel reshuffle in cities and regions
The Crimean authorities have assessed the results of the work of the heads of districts and cities, and according to the assessment, have not ruled out further personnel reshuffles, said chairman of the Russian parliament of the peninsula, Vladimir Konstantinov at a press briefing .
"It has been three and a half years; enough time. And we, as a mature political organization, realize that during this period if the leaders do not show effective work, then there is very little chance that this …