Contents tagged with crimea
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The author of the plan to lease the Crimea said that he was banned from entering Ukraine
People's Deputy of Ukraine Andriy Artemenko, who proposed a plan for leasing the Crimea, said that he was banned from entering Ukraine, channel 112 Ukraine reports.
"I cannot go to Ukraine right now, because I received official information from the migration service, from the border guards, that I was banned from entering the territory of Ukraine using any of my three foreign passports," Artemenko said.
According to the deputy, his three foreign passports have been annulled since May 5. These …
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Ukrainian State Border Guard Service: Russia is preparing an offensive from the annexed Crimea
The officials from the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine believe that the Russian Federation is preparing an offensive from the annexed Crimea while continuing to building up its military presence in the peninsula.
"The residents of the Crimea are disturbed by the dramatic build-up of Russia's military presence in the annexed territory. According to experts, the nature of the weaponry on the peninsula suggests that Russia is not preparing for a defense but for a further offensive," a …
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Poroshenko is ready to propose changes to Ukraine's constitution concerning Crimean Tatar autonomy
The President of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, is ready to propose changes to the Constitution of Ukraine that concern granting the Crimean Tatars autonomy in the Crimea.
"I am ready to introduce several amendments to the Constitution, including those regarding the issue of Crimean Tatar autonomy. The format of this autonomy will be proposed to me by the Constitutional Commission, with the participation of representatives of the Crimean Tatar people," Petro Poroshenko said at a press conference …
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Russia conducts naval exercises in the Black Sea
The military ships of Russia’s Black Sea Fleet carried out exercises and drills at naval training facilities, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on May 14.
“The crew of the anti-submarine ship Muromets practiced searching for and monitoring a submarine. The diesel-electric submarine Stary Oskol acted as the hypothetical enemy, monitoring the anti-submarine vessel and performing a strike-avoiding maneuver. This newest submarine, acting as a rescue craft and supported by Epron rescue ship, …
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Ukraine investigating more than 60 cases of human rights violations in the Crimea
The Prosecutor General’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea located in Kyiv has initiated more than 60 criminal cases of human rights violations in the annexed Crimea, in which the injured parties are more than 150 citizens.
Prosecutor Hyunduz Mamedov of the Autonomous Republic of the Crimea (ARC) reported this in a broadcast on radio Krym.realii.
“We are not leaving these facts unattended. The Prosecutor General’s Office of the ARC is currently carrying out the procedural …
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Ukraine awarded the sailors who prevented the capture of their vessel by Russian warship
The Minister of Infrastructure of Ukraine, Volodymyr Omelyan, awarded employees of the Marine Search and Rescue Service and the crew of the Ukrainian boat for their actions in an incident that occurred near the Crimean coast on April 24th, as reported on Friday by the press service of the department.
The report says that the seamen were awarded for "having repelled the unlawful actions of the Russian vessel in the Black Sea." Six people were awarded.
"Our sailors did not give up, they saved …
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The head of Russian-controlled government in the Crimea doubled his 2015 gains last year
Incomes in 2016 belonging to the head of the Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov nearly doubled his 2015 gains, amounting to 2.63 million rubles. This is evidenced by his income declaration, published on the portal of the Crimean government.Last year, Aksyonov’s declared annual income was 2,632,380.36 rubles or $39,178 going by the 2016 average annual exchange rate. In 2015, he only earned 1.4 million rubles or $22,842 rated at the 2015 average, and in 2014 he earned 1.6 million rubles or $41,591 at the 201 …
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Kyiv will not allow Russian journalists who visited Crimea to attend the Eurovision Song Contest in Ukraine
The State Border Guard Service of Ukraine will not let Russian journalists accredited to attend the Eurovision Song Contest enter the country if they are found to have visited the Crimea, stated the Adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine, Anton Gerashchenko, on his Facebook page.
"No Russian journalists who are covering the Eurovision Song Contest in Kyiv who has previously violated the state border of Ukraine by illegally visiting the Ukrainian Crimea will be admitted into the …
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Ukraine condemned Russian Foreign Ministry representative’s visit to the Crimea
In her post on Twitter, the Press Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Mariana Betsa, condemned the visit of the representative of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Maria Zakharova, to the annexed Crimea.
"Such visits to the occupied Crimea are unlawful and illegal. They grossly violate international and Ukrainian law and we demand accountability," the press secretary of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry emphasized.
The Ukrainian foreign policy agency was reacting to …
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The Ukrainian Prosecutor's Office is investigating the statement of the Chief of the General Staff on the disruption of the de-occupation operation of the Crimea
The Prosecutor's Office has begun investigating a statement by the Chief of the General Staff of the Armed Forces, Viktor Muzhenko, regarding the disruption of a landing operation planned in March 2014 to ensure the de-occupation of the Crimea, which was annexed by Russia, as indicated an April 13 court ruling.
According to the ruling, the Main Military Prosecutor's Office studied Muzhenko's interview with Ukrayinska Pravda web site which was published on April 12.
"[The interview] contains …