Contents tagged with crimea
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Germany promises Russia that sanctions will remain until Crimea is returned
The anti-Russian sanctions will be maintained until the reason they were introduced is eliminated. A statement to this effect was made by German Minister of Economic Affairs and Energy Peter Altmeier in an interview with the German radio station Deutschlandfunk.
He drew attention to the fact that the sanction pressure on Russia was initiated following the Kremlin’s decision to annex the Crimean peninsula.
“After the annexation of Crimea, we Europeans introduced sanctions together with the US. …
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Kremlin: Russia does not recognize Hague arbitration court decision on compensating Ukraine for property lost in Crimea
The Russian Ministry of Justice does not recognize the decision of the International Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague, which on May 9 ordered Russia to compensate Ukrainian companies for lost assets after the annexation of Crimea in 2014.
"Russia does not recognize the above-mentioned decision due to the lack of arbitration jurisdiction to consider the aforementioned claim", the Ministry's press service stated.
On May 9, the representative office of the President of Ukraine in the …
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Kyiv: Russia may charge the crew of detained Ukrainian shipping vessel with terrorism
The members of the crew of the Ukrainian fishing vessel YAMK-0041 that Russian border guards detained near Russian-annexed Crimea could be accused of terrorism. This assumption on Radio Krym.Realii was expressed by Deputy Head of State Border Service of Ukraine Oleh Slobodyan.
Slobodyan explained that the Russian government is now trying to make the crew criminally responsible for anything from terrorism to arms smuggling. He said the objective is to paint the crew as not simply offenders but …
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Kyiv calls on Ukrainian companies to sue Russia for property lost in Crimea
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has called on Ukrainian companies to sue Russia for property lost in the annexed Crimea, as reported by Olena Zerkal, Ukrainian Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs for European Integration, in a Facebook post.
She commented on the decision of the Arbitration Court in The Hague to compensate Ukrainian investors $159 million for lost assets.
"The text and procedure are currently confidential…[but] we can report that the arbitrators have recognized the following: …
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Hague arbitration court orders Russia to compensate Ukraine for assets lost in Crimea
The Permanent Court of Arbitration in the Hague has ordered Russia to pay Ukraine $159 million in compensation for the assets lost in annexed Crimea, as reported in an announcement by the TV company 1+1, one of the plaintiffs in the lawsuit.
“The Arbitration Court in the Hague has determined that Russia must pay compensation to a number of Ukrainian investors for the annexation of Crimea. In this case the amount is $159 million. The court has determined that Russia is responsible for violating …
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Poroshenko's representative for Crimea: escalation of conflict in the Black Sea between Russia and Ukraine is inevitable
The conflict between Russia and Ukraine will escalate following the detention of Ukrainian fishing vessel "YMK-0041" by Russian border guards, the permanent representative of the President of Ukraine in the Crimea, Boris Babin said on Radio Krym.Realii. "Ukrainian authorities have long turned a blind eye to what is in fact a conflict in the sea due to the annexation of the Crimea. That situation cannot last forever. The logic of events suggests that an escalation is inevitable. A year ago, the …
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Crimean authorities anticipate loss of crops due to a lack of rainfall
The Kremlin-controlled Ministry of Agriculture of the Crimea stated that the winter and summer crops could be lost due to the lack of moisture affecting large agricultural areas.
“The examination of crops in the regions showed that the situation with moisture in most areas is critical and if there is lack of productive rains in the near future, it may result in crop failures of autumn-sown and spring-sown cereals in large areas, as well as a significant decrease in crop yields in preserved …
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Crimean Tatar Leader: only 42 percent of Crimeans voted in Russian presidential elections
Voter turnout in the Russian presidential election in the Crimea on March 18, 2018 was 42% of voters and 8% of them spoiled ballot papers during voting, as stated by Member of Parliament and Leader of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Refat Chubarov on his Facebook page, citing the data of the Russian Federal Security Service.
“There were representatives of the Office of the Russian President Vladimir Putin in the elections in the Crimea who monitored the elections. The so-called white …
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Russia to deploy additional S-400 missile systems in annexed Crimea
This year air defense units in the Crimea will be equipped with S-400 surface-to-air missile systems and Pantsir-S anti-aircraft missile systems, said the commander of the Russian Southern Military District, Colonel General Alexander Dvornikov.
"We managed to significantly strengthen security on the western flank, including through forming the new units in the 150th Motorized Rifle Division and 22th Army Corps stationed in the Crimea," said Dvornikov, adding that “strengthening defense on the …
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Russia postpones launch of power plants in Crimea by half a year
Russian Deputy Energy Minister Andrey Cherezov announced on May 3 that the preliminary start of operations for the first group of Thermal Power Plants (TPP) under construction in Simferopol and Sevastopol is scheduled for October. The second block is scheduled to launch operations in November.
"These are the preliminary dates for the stations, and those of us in the government will, first and foremost, make adjustments; it [the launch] will be October-November. The first blocks will be put …