Contents tagged with crimea
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Crimean movement 'in support of the Russian president' calls for resignation of local Sevastopol administration
In Sevastopol on July 12, there was a meeting of the movement “In support of the President of Russia”. Its participants, including members of United Russia and the All Russia People’s Front, adopted a resolution calling for the resignation of the city’s Kremlin-controlled government and parliament. At the event it was also announced that on 15 July a rally would be held in protest against the city’s current management, Krym.Realii reported.
The meeting took place in a semi-closed manner. …
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Russian FSB arrests head of company which made Siemens turbines for Crimea
Officers of the Russian FSB have arrested the director general of Power Machines plant, Roman Filippov on suspicion of disclosing state secrets.
Information on the arrest came out against the backdrop of the scandal surrounding the shipment of Siemens turbines to Crimea, which is currently under EU sanctions. The SGT5-2000E turbines are produced by the St. Petersburg based company Siemens Gas Turbines Technologies (SGTT), a joint enterprise of Siemens and Power Machines JSC, created in 2011 (65 …
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Ukrainian scientist: Dolphins in the Black Sea are dying because of the construction of the Kerch Strait bridge and military exercises
Dolphins in the Black Sea near the coast of the Crimea could be dying because of the construction of the Kerch Strait bridge and Russian military exercises on the peninsula, as suggested by a Ukrainian zoologist and dolphin expert, Pavlo Goldin, on July 11th on Radio Krym.Realii.
"Factors such as the acoustic pollution of the sea are playing a role, due to active warship activity. The installation of piles for the bridge also increases the acoustic pollution of the sea. In order to prove this, …
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SBU: two Russian border guards who crossed into Ukraine from Crimea were charged with violating territorial integrity of Ukraine
The Russian border guards who were detained in the Kherson Oblast near the administrative border with the Crimea were charged with violating the territorial integrity of Ukraine, reported the press service of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU).
“The investigators of the SBU Directorate in the Kherson Oblast reported suspicion of committing a crime under Part 2 of Article 110 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine (violation of the territorial supremacy and inviolability of Ukraine) against Russian …
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Russia conducts snap combat readiness check of its Black Sea fleet in the Crimea
According to Russia’s Interfax news agency, the Command of Russia’s Southern Military District has begun the combat readiness check of the Black Sea Fleet in the Crimea.
Coastal and naval units of the Black Sea Fleet were put into the high readiness state, Interfax reports citing the press service of the Southern Military District.
Anti-submarine ships and minesweepers sailed to the Black as part of the exercise. In addition, the coastal units of the fleet were put into combat state.
The …
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Siemens files lawsuit over the shipment of its turbines to Crimea
The Siemens concern filed a lawsuit at the Moscow Arbitration Court regarding the shipment of its gas turbines to Crimea. The case file makes it apparent that the respondents in the case initiated on July 10 will be the companies Technopromexport PLC, Technopromexport LLC, and Siemens Gas Turbines Technologies LLC.
“A lawsuit has been filed. As we announced earlier in the statement, it will be directed against those who bear responsibility for this, and specifically against the management of …
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Kremlin: Thermal power plant will be built in Crimea even if Siemens withdraws turbines
When asked about a possible withdrawal of Siemens turbines from the Crimea, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak stated that a thermal power plant will be built in the Crimea even if Siemens withdraws the turbines which were shipped to the peninsula.
“The project will be realized in any event, because the construction of generation is necessary there. The company will realize it, I believe, according to the technical decisions which were made, and according to current legislation. As far …
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Ukrainian border guards: Russians create waiting lines at the administrative border with the Crimea
On Saturday, the Russian border guard along the administrative border with the Russian-annexed peninsula created queues of cars, which were traveling to the Crimea from the mainland of Ukraine and back, as reported by Ukrinform, citing the Assistant Chief of the Berdyansk Border Guard and the head of its press service, Nelya Dotsenko.
"On Saturday, a long line of vehicles that were traveling from mainland Ukraine to the annexed Crimea formed at the Ukrainian Chonhar checkpoint. At 6 a.m. there …
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A resident of Crimea, owner of the Russian Medal for the Return of the Crimea, was deprived of a plot of land issued to him by Ukraine
The Balaklava District Court of Sevastopol decided to confiscate 2,000 square meters of land from local resident, Lenur Usmanov, who actively supported the annexation of the Crimea and even received a medal "For the Return of the Crimea" from the Russian Defense Ministry.
He told Novaya Gazeta newspaper that in 2010, both he and his wife had received two 1,000 square meter lots in the Druzhba-9 co-operative. But the current Kremlin-controlled administration of Sevastopol decided that the …
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Muzhenko: Russia is restoring facilities for the storage of nuclear weapons in the Crimea
Russia is restoring facilities for the storage of nuclear weapons in the annexed Crimea, Channel 5 Ukraine quotes Viktor Muzhenko, the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine as saying.
At the same time, he noted that there is no information currently available on the movement of nuclear munitions.
"The building of a military presence in the Crimea probably involves the deployment of weapons of mass destruction; [thus] work is being carried out to restore capacity for …