Contents tagged with crimea
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Russian military holds exercises in Crimea
A new contingent of Russian troops arrived in Crimea earlier this week to participate in military exercises, as stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu. The move comes after a surprise inspection of Russia’s Southern Military District on February 8th.
The exercise includes the units of the Southern Military District as well as airborne troops, transport aircraft, and air defense systems. A total of 8,500 servicemen, 900 pieces of military hardware, 50 ships, and 200 aircraft are …
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Russia refutes claims that expropriated Ukrainian warship will be used in Syrian operation
Russia has refuted claims that the large Ukrainian landing ship, "Konstantin Olshansky", which was captured during the annexation of Crimea, will be used for military operations in Syria.
This was reported to the Interfax news agency by an informed source.
“The General Staff of the Russian Navy does not plan to use the ship in the operation which has been called the 'Syrian Express' by foreign media. This ship’s return, along with others, to Ukraine is currently suspended due to the conflict …
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Ukrainian Ambassador to Czech Republic demands that a map depicting Crimea as part of Russia be fixed
The Ukrainian Ambassador to the Czech Republic, Boris Zaychuk, demanded that the Czech publisher, Ottovo Nakladatelství, rectify a map of Ukraine in their “World Atlas of Football” edition in order for it to be in accordance with national law.
“In this atlas, Crimea is colored the same as Russia. In addition, the general map of the world in this edition does not show Crimea as a part of Ukraine. Therefore, the map violates international law and ignores the consolidated position of the EU …
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Traffic blocked in Crimea due to transport of Russian military equipment
In the Crimean city of Simferopol, traffic was blocked for 40 minutes on Thursday due to the transport of Russian military equipment. The column of military hardware was being transported from Sevastopol to Belogorsk, reported Krym.Realii.
The column of equipment from Russia's Black Sea Fleet included armored fighting vehicles, KAMAZ cars for personnel transport, Ural vehicles, and field kitchens.
Since the annexation of Crimea, the movement of Russian military equipment on the peninsula has …
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Sevastopol's electricity problems continue
The city of Sevastopol is supplied with just 190 MW of electricity each day, which is insufficient during peak periods in the mornings and in the evenings. This was stated by a technical director at PJSC: EC Sevastopolenergo, Viktor Shulzhenko, at a meeting to discuss plans for eliminating the consequences of electricity emergencies. This was reported on the city's website.
“So far for today, Sevastopol has received between 182 MW and 189 MW of electricity. For now, there are no cut-offs …
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Kasparov: Opposition candidates should not run in Crimean elections
Russian oppositionist Garry Kasparov declared that candidates of opposition parties should not run in Duma elections in Crimea. He wrote about it on his Facebook page.
"The participation of opposition parties from the annexed territory in the elections looks bad from both political and moral points of view. Whatever the 'oppositionists' say in their defense, they wittingly or unwittingly help Putin to give a veneer of legitimacy to the criminal seizure of the territory of a neighboring state", …
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Stockholm court to consider Ukrainian bank's claim against Russia for lost assets in Crimea
The Stockholm Arbitration Court has taken a claims complaint made by the largest bank in Ukraine, PivatBank, under consideration. The bank claims to have lost assets worth nearly 1 billion dollars caused by the annexation of Crimea. This was reported by the Chairman of PrivatBank, Dmitry Dubilet.“We have gone through all of the procedures and the Stockholm Arbitration Court has taken our complaint under consideration. The entire amount in our complaint is 1 billion dollars. This amount …
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The European Parliament calls on Russia to cease human rights violations in Crimea
The European Parliament (EP) condemned the "unprecedented level" of violations of the rights of Crimeans, in particular Crimean Tatars, in the annexed pensinsula. Members of the EP supported the relevant resolution at the plenary session in Strasbourg on Thursday.
The EU institution "strongly condemns the unprecedented level of human rights violations”, in particular, “under the pretext of fighting extremism and terrorism carried out against the Crimean people, primarily against the Crimean …
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European satellites broadcast Ukrainian TV channels to Crimea
The population of Crimea is presently viewing Ukrainian television channels via a satellite owned by a number of European companies. At the same time, Crimean TV stations are trying to retransmit their programs through less popular satellites due to the current economic sanctions.
The Adviser to the Minister on the Crimean Information Policy, Emine Jeppar, commented on the matter.
“The Ministry on the Crimean Information Policy is aware of the issue of the channel retransmission by the …
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Medvedev: Responsibility For Crimea Lies In All Political Forces In Russia
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev stated at a meeting with the leaders of "United Russia" that the responsibility for the annexation of Crimea lies with all the political forces of the country, reported RIA Novosti.
"I mean, of course, not only "United Russia". I emphasize that virtually all political force smust make a common decision to support our people who expressed their wish to live in Russia and have returned to Russia,” he said. According to Medvedev, in the current situation it …