Contents tagged with crimea
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Ukraine reveals criminal past of the Head of Crimea
The so-called head of annexed Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov was an active member of the Crimean organized crime group "Salem" in the 1990s and 2000s, who only managed to avoid prison thanks to powerful patrons, as stated in an interview with the Observer news website by the first deputy head of the National Police of Ukraine, the head of the criminal police, Vyacheslav Abroskin.
"In the 90’s, when I first started to work on the investigation in Crimea, the problem with organized crime came to the …
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Head of Crimea calls the prices and quality of fuel on the peninsula unacceptable
The Kremlin-appointed head of the Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, is dissatisfied with the fuel prices and quality at gas stations on the peninsula, as indicated in a Facebook post he made on September 6th.
Aksyonov noted that the 95 RON gasoline is not carried by some gas stations in Crimea. "The cost of 95 RON gasoline on average is 43 rubles 30 kopeks ($0.76), 98 RON gasoline - 47 rubles ($0.82). In the neighboring regions of the Russian Federation, fuel prices are 10% lower," he wrote.
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Russia begins command and staff exercises of the Black Sea Fleet
On Wednesday September 6, the military and supply vessels of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet went out to sea to work on ship group control tasks as part of planned command and staff exercises.
According to the press service of the Southern Military District of Russia’s Defense Ministry, during the first stage of the drills the soldiers practiced navigating ships behind mine-clearing equipment.
“At the fleet’s combat training facilities, they are operating the frigate ‘Admiral Grigorovich’, the …
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Russia begins large-scale military exercises in its Southern Military District including Crimea
On Tuesday, September 5, large-scale military exercises involving missiles and artillery began on 19 different training grounds in the Southern Military District of the Russian Federation and the Crimea.
More than five thousand artillerymen of the Russian armed forces went to training grounds in the Crimea, Rostov, the Volgograd region, Krasnodar and Stavropol territories, Dagestan, North Ossetia, as well as to Russian military bases in Abkhazia, Armenia and South Ossetia. The artillery …
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Media: Dutch authorities investigating possible involvement of Dutch companies in construction of Kerch Bridge
Dutch authorities will verify the legality of the participation of two Dutch companies in the construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait, as stated by the Minister of Foreign Trade and Development Cooperation of the Netherlands, Lilianne Ploumen, reported Dutch state broadcasting organization NOS.
According to Lilianne Ploumen, even if there were no violations of the law, the Dutch government "expects that companies will conduct international business that is socially responsible." She …
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Media: Cost of the Kerch Bridge is three times higher than the price of the longest bridge in the world
The cost of the Kerch Bridge, which is about 19 kilometers long, is almost three times higher than the cost of the Danyang-Kunshan Grand Bridge, a bridge 164.8 kilometers long between Shanghai and Beijing, reports website eizvestia.com.
Chinese engineers erected the Danyang-Kunshan Viaduct Chinese in two years. About nine kilometers of the bridge is built above the surface of the water. In addition to the highway, a high-speed railway line has also been laid there. The entire project cost …
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Khrushchev’s son: Decision to transfer Crimea to Ukraine was not political but economic
Khrushchev's decision to transfer the Crimea to Ukraine in 1954 was structural, but in no way political. The son of Nikita Khrushchev, Brown University professor Sergei Khrushchev spoke about this during a broadcast of the program Gordon"My father gave the Crimea to Ukraine, because if you look at the map, Crimea is attached to Ukraine, and when they began to deal with the economy there, and most importantly, to build that channel that is now unfortunately buried, the State Planning Committee …
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Lithuanian ambassador to Ukraine: Lithuania concerned about human rights violations in Crimea
Lithuania is extremely concerned about human rights violations in the annexed Crimea, including the rights of the Crimean Tatars, with whom Lithuania has close historical ties.
Ukrinform reports that Lithuanian Ambassador to Ukraine Marius Janukonis, who took part in the 4th Baltic-Black Sea Economic Forum as part of a delegation led by the Lithuanian Seimas Chairman Viktoras Pranckietis, spoke about this topic on September 1 at a briefing in Kherson.
"This is the first such visit at the …
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In 2017, Russian fighter jets scrambled 120 times in the annexed Crimea and along Russia’s southern border
Russian Su-30SM fighters from the 4th Red Banner Army of the Southern Military District’s air force and anti-air defense have escorted reconnaissance flights near annexed Crimea and Russia’s southern border 120 times this year, TASS reported, citing Army Commander General-Lieutenant Viktor Sevostyanov.
“Since Crimea became part of Russia in 2014, on a daily basis in the airspace close to our southern borders we detect in advance and strictly control all unsolicited guests of this kind. Over …
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Russian convicted for social network post about Ukrainian Crimea moves to Kyiv
Resident of the Russian city of Tver Andrey Bubeev, convicted for two years and three months for posting a recording about the annexation of Ukraine on the social network VKontakte, has left Russia with his family, activist Anna Borko reported. According to another activist, Ekaterina Bashilova, Bubeev’s family has left for Kyiv.
Andrey Bubeev was recently released from prison. The man was accused of public exhortations to carry out extremist activity (section 2 article 280 of the Russian …