Contents tagged with crimea
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Secretary General of the Council of Europe: annexation of Crimea is not enough to expel Russia from the organization
The Secretary General of the Council of Europe (CE), Thorbjørn Jagland believes that Russia and other "problematic" member countries of the Council of Europe should remain in the organization for as long as they do not violate the four articles of the European Convention on Human Rights.
All other violations of the principles of the Council of Europe would not have such an impact on their membership, including Russia’s annexation of the Crimea, he said at the PACE meeting in Strasbourg.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine: Kyiv has no dialogue with Russia regarding the Crimea
The head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, called Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal to transfer military equipment from Crimea to Ukraine “a trick”, Ukrayinska Pravda reports.
“You all very well understand this trick of Russia. It seems to indicate that we have some kind of dialogue about the occupied Crimea. We do not have any dialogue on any issues relating to the status of the Crimea, and we will not do anything that could weaken our political or legal …
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Russia conducts exercises of naval aircraft in annexed Crimea
Russian Black Sea Fleet naval pilots, flying Su-24 front-line bombers and Su-30 multirole fighters took one day of single flights to assault ground targets at the Opuk polygon in annexed Crimea with rocket, missile and bombing attacks, reported the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Defense Ministry.
"A total of up to 20 warplanes and helicopters were involved in the combat training activities; about 50 flights were performed. The total flying time of the Black Sea …
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Media: Generators produced by German concern MAN shipped to Crimea
The Crimean Zaliv factory, which was unable to purchase equipment from the Finnish company Wärtsilä on account of EU sanctions, has acquired generators produced by the German concern MAN.
This was reported by RBC with reference to a source familiar with materials relating to the Russian Ministry of Transport (the client for the ship being built at the Zaliv factory). The information was confirmed by a partner of several Russian ship construction companies.
The diesel generators are intended …
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Russia begins exercises of air-defense forces in annexed Crimea
An anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Army Corps of the Russian Black Sea Fleet has started military exercises near the Kacha airdrome in the annexed Crimea, as reported by the head of the Information Support Department of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Vyacheslav Trukhachev.
“The main goal of the combat training activities is to work on the squad and battery cohesion of the regiment in defending important infrastructure facilities from hypothetical enemy air attacks. Firing exercises using …
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Finnish company refuses to ship generators to Crimea due to sanctions
The Finnish company Wärtsilä refused to supply generators to the Crimean Zaliv shipbuilding yard in Kerch due to EU sanctions, RBC news agency reported with reference to a source in the Russian Ministry of Transport.
The factory had to shift the deadlines for the construction of an emergency rescue ship to the value of 2.8 billion rubles. Four such ships have been built in Russia.
According to the source, the refusal to supply the diesel generators led to an extension of the construction …
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U.S. aircraft conducts reconnaissance near Crimea
A U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon anti-submarine patrol aircraft carried out a several-hour reconnaissance flight off the coast of the annexed Crimea, as well as near the Krasnodar Territory of the Russian Federation, reported Interfax, citing Western aviation resources.
“The naval intelligence aircraft, with the tail number 168432 and the call sign PS156, departed from the Sigonella airbase in Sicily, made an approach to the coast of the Krasnodar Territory, and then flew in the area of Novorossiysk …
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Russian parliament may refuse to recognize Ukrainian borders
Konstantin Zatulin (United Russia), First Deputy Chairperson of the State Duma committee for CIS affairs, Eurasian integration and relations with Russian nationals abroad, proposed that the Russian-Ukrainian Friendship Treaty be renounced with respect to the section where the countries recognize each other’s territorial borders, RIA Novosti reports. The MP believes that the treaty favors Ukraine “one-sidedly”.
“In an article of the treaty we recognize the territorial borders of Ukraine, and …
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Ukrainian General: During the annexation of Crimea, Russia was ready to send Special Forces to Kyiv airports
During the annexation of the Crimea, Russia planned to deploy commandoes in the airports of Kyiv, said Major-General of the Armed Forces Ihor Hordiychuk in an interview with ATR TV. "Tactical nuclear weapons of 152 mm caliber and above were ready. It was likely that as soon as we put up military resistance in the Crimea, neither NATO nor the US nor Europe would take our side. On the contrary, we would face accusations. We intercepted the conversations where they [the Russians] planned to land …
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Russia deploys another S-400 surface-to-air missile system in Crimea
A second division of the Russian S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile system has been deployed near Sevastopol, in the annexed Crimea. The news agency Interfax reports that on Saturday, January 13, the command of the Fourth Air and Air Defense Forces Army provided information on the deployment of another division of the newest Russian surface-to air missile (SAM) systems in the Crimea.
The system will control the airspace over Chonhar and Armyansk on the border with mainland Ukraine. The …