Contents tagged with crimea
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Ten people reported missing in the Crimea, believed to be on political and ethnic grounds
According to a statement issued by the press service of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, ten people are reported missing on political or ethnic grounds in the Crimea.
“The lack of responsibility and reparations for victims nourishes impunity,” the statement stresses. As noted in the report, the right to peaceful assembly is restricted in the Crimea, and law enforcement authorities continue to examine and persecute people for expressing their opinions, which are wrongfully …
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Ukrainian Embassy in London asks people to report on British citizens who visited Crimea
In recent years, there has been an increase in the number of cases where Russia takes every opportunity to legalize the annexation of the Crimea at the international level, as reported on the Facebook page of the Ukrainian embassy in London. According to the embassy, it was discovered that a British citizen, Julan Burdock, participated in the international Koktebel Jazz Party festival that took place in the occupied Crimea from August 26 to August 28.
In addition, diplomats noted that the …
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Duma Deputy Kobzon: Crimea is a burden for Russia
People’s Artist of the USSR and Deputy of the State Duma of the Russian Federation Joseph Kobzon called the Crimea an unbearable burden for Russia at a meeting with journalists in Chita, NEWS.ru reported.
“We have taken on an unbearable burden – the Crimea. It is a native Russian territory but we fund it from our poor Russian budget. This seriously affects sectors like health care, education, culture and other important sectors,” the State Duma deputy from Zabaykalsky Krai stated. The artist …
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Poroshenko: Trump's words on the Crimea are 'pre-election rhetoric'
Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko believes that the words of the US Republican Party’s presidential candidate, Donald Trump, regarding the Crimea are pre-election rhetoric. He was referring to Trump’s statements about possibly recognizing the Crimea as Russian territory. Poroshenko said this during an interview with CNN.
“It is part of the pre-election rhetoric. The future president, no matter who it is, will be a very responsible person,” Poroshenko said.
Trump has previously and …
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Russia to establish testing ground at Crimea's administrative border
Russia will establish a testing ground to test security equipment at the border in the annexed Crimea, as was discussed at a meeting of the Russian State Border Commission, which took place on 23 September in the Crimea.
As TASS reports, according to the Russian Deputy Prime Minister, Dmitry Rogozin, the Federal State Service has already obtained the approval of the Border Service.
“Instructions will be given, with the consent of the Federal Border Guard Service of Russia, to test, apply, and …
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Linkevicius: Lithuania does not recognize legitimacy of Russian elections in Crimea
Lithuania refuses to recognize the legitimacy of the elections to the Russian State Duma that took place in the Crimea. The Russian MPs elected in the Crimea will not be considered as legitimate by Lithuania with all the attendant consequences, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Lithuania, Linas Linkevičius stated in his interview with DELFI.
“It doesn’t mean the direct assessment of elections as a whole; it means that we believe everything that is happening in the Crimea to be illegal. We don’ …
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Siemens announces it will not send turbines to Crimea
The President of Siemens in the Russian Federation, Dietrich Moeller, stated that the German engineering company isn’t going to supply equipment to the Crimea in circumvention of EU sanctions. According to him, Siemens observes all export restrictions and sanctions, TASS reported.
As previously reported, the German engineering company can reach an agreement with the Crimean peninsula on supplies of turbines for Crimean power plants.
However, Moeller explained that the matter concerns the …
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Japan does not recognize results of Russian elections in Crimea
Japan does not recognize the illegal annexation of Crimea by the Russian Federation in March 2014, and, therefore, the legitimacy and results of the "elections to the State Duma of the Russian Federation," which were held in the Crimea on September 18, 2016, according to a statement by the Japanese Embassy in Ukraine.
The Embassy also stressed that Japan “supports the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine and does not recognize the attempts to change the status quo by force.”
On …
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Activist: Corruption in Russia and the Crimea poses a threat to Russia's national security
The Deputy Director of the Crimean Anti-Corruption Front movement and Head of the Foundation of the Self-Organization of the Crimean population, Alexander Zabara, notes that the level of corruption in the Crimea is causing serious concerns and poses a threat to the national security of the Russian Federation.
“The President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, said that it is necessary to fight corruption and all its forms without fear. These issues should be actively addressed in the Crimea. People …
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Ukraine has requested that the UK make efforts to halt activities of pro-Kremlin journalist Graham Phillips
The Ambassador of Ukraine to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Natalia Galibarenko, has requested that the United Kingdom make every possible effort to halt the activity of pro-Russian propagandist and British citizen, Graham Phillips.
An open letter from the Ukrainian diplomat states that Graham Phillips arrived in eastern Ukraine in 2014-2015, where he had been working for pro-Russian separatists. This letter was published by the press service of the Embassy of …