Contents tagged with crimea
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Ukrainian MoD: Former Ukrainian servicemen in Crimea are under attack from Russian special services
Former Ukrainian military forces who now live in the Crimea could become "potential victims of the Russian special services." This opinion was expressed by the speaker of the Defense Ministry of Ukraine on ATO issues, Andrey Lysenko in an interview with Krym.Realii on November 16.
"The territory annexed by the Russian Federation is home to thousands of former Ukrainian servicemen who had retired to the reserve. At any time, the Russian security forces can detain and pass off such people as ' …
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Ukraine’s resolution on the Crimea to be submitted to the UN General Assembly
Ukraine’s draft resolution on the human rights situation in the Crimea will be submitted to the UN General Assembly. The document was adopted by the third committee of the UN General Assembly on social, humanitarian and cultural issues.
A total of 73 countries voted for the document, 23 voted against it, and 76 abstained from voting. Many European countries, and the US, supported the draft resolution. Russia, China, Kazakhstan, India and Serbia are among those who are against.
The document …
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UN: Russia is a 'state occupier' and must adhere to its obligations under international law
During the meeting of the Third Committee of the General Assembly, the United Nations approved a resolution called "Situation of Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea and the City of Sevastopol,” initiated by Ukraine.
Seventy-three countries voted in favor of the resolution, 23 were against and 76 countries abstained, reported Krym.Realii.
The document condemns the massive human rights violations in the occupied Crimea and calls for Russia as a state-occupier to adhere to …
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The US imposed sanctions against six Duma deputies in the Crimea
The United States imposed sanctions against Russian State Duma Deputies who were elected in the annexed Crimea, as reported on the website of the US Treasury.
The sanctions list indicates the names of six Crimean Deputies: Ruslan Balbek, Dmitry Belik, Ruslan Baharev, Svetlana Savchenko, Andrei Kozenko, and Pavel Shperov.
On November 9th, the European Union included the Deputies elected in the occupied Crimea to the State Duma on the anti-Russian sanctions list. At September's parliamentary …
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McFaul has predicted a 'clash' between Russia and the US over Iran
After the recent election of Donald Trump as the next US president, Moscow and Washington may have disagreements on the Iranian nuclear program, according to former US Ambassador to Russia Michael McFaul.
“The first clash will be over Iran as Trump has promised that he will eliminate the six-party agreement,” he said in an interview with the Dozhd TV channel.
McFaul also suggested that Moscow may soon become disappointed with the newly elected American president. “I do not rule out that this …
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Russian politician in Simferopol wrote letter to Trump asking him to recognize Crimea as part of Russia
The deputy of the Simferopol city council of the Crimea from the Communist Party, Stepan Kiskin, wrote a letter to the newly elected US president, Donald Trump. Kiskin stated this on his Facebook page.
Kiskin called on Trump to recognize the Crimea as part of Russia and offered to hold a second Yalta conference on the peninsula.
The letter to Trump, noted Kiskin, was sent to the US ambassador to Russia, John Tefft, with a request that the diplomat give the letter to the president-elect.
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Kremlin: Russia will never discuss the territorial jurisdiction of the Crimea
Russia will never discuss the issue of the Crimea’s territorial jurisdiction and is ready to wait until Europe and the USA realize it, as stated by Russian President Putin’s press secretary, Dmitry Peskov, during an interview with the Associated Press.
"No one in Russia will ever be ready to start any discussion on the Crimea", he said. As noted by the agency, during the interview, Peskov objected to Russia’s actions in the Crimea being called "annexation" and stated that this is a region of …
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US ambassador to the OSCE: Russia is building up its military power in Crimea
Russia continues to increase military force in the Crimea by expanding military bases and rebuilding the destroyed soviet infrastructure. This was announced on November 10 at the OSCE Permanent Council conference in Vienna by the US representative to the Organization, Ambassador Daniel Baer, the website of the US Mission to the OSCE reports.
"We once again draw the attention of the Permanent Council to the occupation and the attempts to annex the Ukrainian peninsula of Crimea by Russia. Russia …
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Ukrainian Defense Ministry advises citizens to not visit Crimea for unnecessary reasons
The speaker of Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense on ATO issues, Olexandr Motuzyanyk, regards statements made by Russia’s FSB as a continuation of the country’s information war against Ukraine. These statements are with regard to the detention of persons preparing acts of sabotage in the Crimea.
“We officially deny this, and declare that it is a provocation against the Ukrainian state and is the next step in the information war,” Motuzyanyk said at a briefing in Kyiv on Thursday.
Based on this, he …
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FSB arrests three accused of plotting 'acts of sabotage' in the Crimea
Russia’s Federal Security Service, the FSB, arrested three individuals who are accused of belonging to a group that had allegedly plotted to commit acts of sabotage on Russian military facilities in the Crimea, Interfax reported.
The FSB’s Public Relations Center accused the three individuals of workings for Ukrainian intelligence services.
“On November 9th, the FSB detained members of a terrorist group linked to the Main Directorate of Intelligence the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine who …