Contents tagged with crimea
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EU did not recognize local elections in the Crimea
The European Union confirmed its refusal to recognize the results of the September 10 elections organized by Russia in annexed Sevastopol. A representative of the External Diplomatic Service of the EU issued a statement to that effect in Brussels on Monday, September 11.
“The European Union does not recognize illegal annexation of Crimea and Sevastopol by the Russian Federation and, therefore, does not recognize the elections in the Crimean Peninsula. Anyone who is elected in the Crimean …
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Court in the annexed Crimea sentences Crimean Tatar leader Akhtem Chiygoz to 8 years
The Kremlin-controlled Supreme Court of annexed Crimea sentenced Akhtem Chiygoz, one of the leaders of the Crimean Tatar people, to 8 years of general regime imprisonment, Krym.Realii reports.
The court made the ruling on September 11, informing Chiygoz’ lawyer Oleksandr Lesovy of the special ruling after multiple delays.
Roughly 100 people came to support Chiygoz in court.
President Petro Poroshenko condemned the sentence, posting on Facebook:
“The Akhtem Chiygoz case is yet another …
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Merkel compares annexation of the Crimea with the division of Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said she does not agree with a statement by the Chairman of the Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP) Christian Lindner, who has proposed turning a blind eye to the annexation of the Crimea, Deutsche Welle reported.
In an interview with the weekly Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung, which was released on Sunday, September 10, Merkel cited the situation of the division of Germany as an example to reiterate that historical injustice should not be …
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Putin orders Russian government to provide pensions to former Ukrainian military in the Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin has instructed the Russian government, in conjunction with the Ministry of Defense of the country and Kremlin-controlled executive bodies of the annexed Crimea and Sevastopol, to take action regarding pensions for Russian citizens who previously served in the Ukrainian armed forces.
As reported on the Kremlin's website, this order by Putin was among the items approved following his trip to the annexed Sevastopol on August 18-20.
In particular, Putin instructed …
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Ukrainian activists publish personal data of workers involved in construction of the Kerch Bridge
Volunteers with the Ukrainian Myrotvorets project have published on Facebook the personal data of 299 people who are participating in the construction of the bridge through the Kerch Strait to the Crimea.
The published information contains the names and surnames, dates of birth, their home addresses, and other identifying information. All of the people are employees of OOO MT-Group.
Myrotvorets noted that the information on the builders of the Kerch Bridge will be placed in "Purgatory" on the …
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Journalist: Kremlin will replace Crimean officials with more obedient ones from Russia
Russia will organize a “cleansing” in the ranks of Kremlin-controlled authorities of the Crimean peninsula. Local officials will be replaced by more obedient managers from Moscow, St. Petersburg and other Russian cities, as reported on the Daytime Show on Radio Krym.Realii on September 7 by the Ukrainian military journalist from the Crimea, the coordinator of the “Stop corruption” NGO, Roman Bochkala.
According to Bochkala, he observed this trend in the separatist regions of Abkhazia and South …
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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.
The …
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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 …