Contents tagged with crimea
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Ukraine bans entry of Russian singer
On November 6, the press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine reported that Russian R&B singer Kristina Sarkisyan, who performs under the pseudonym Kristina Si, was banned from entering Ukraine for three years. These measures were taken because the singer had crossed the Ukrainian border through inactive checkpoints and stayed in the temporarily occupied territories.
The agency noted that the Russian had violated Ukrainian legislation regarding crossing the state border through …
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Amnesty International: Russia is persecuting dissidents in Crimea
Crimean Tatars and their leaders are being prosecuted in the Crimea as well as all dissident citizens, reported human rights researcher from Amnesty International in Moldova, Ukraine and Belarus, Krasimir Yankov, to Krym.Realii.
“The main trends remain unchanged: widespread restriction of the freedom of expression, freedom of peaceful assembly and association. Moreover, we are talking about criminal prosecution of nonconformists. And we emphasize this in particular because for us it’s quite …
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Herashchenko called on the State Border Service of Ukraine to monitor the entries of the Russian artists who perform in the Crimea
On November 4th, the First Deputy Chairman of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine, Iryna Herashchenko, said that the State Border Service of Ukraine had given her the runaround regarding her request to verify the possible entries of Russian artists who illegally performed in the Crimea into Ukraine. In addition, according to Herashchenko, persons who were acting as observers in the so-called "primaries" in the occupied territories of the Donbas are also being allowed to enter Ukraine.
"I received a …
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Chornomornaftogaz accuses Russia of stealing billions of cubic meters of Ukrainian gas every year
Ukrainian company Chornomornaftogaz has claimed that Russia extracts two billion cubic meters of gas from the Black Sea shelf every year. This was reported by BBC-Ukraine.
“Russian company State Unitary Enterprise Chernomorneftegaz, which was included in all of the sanctions lists, is extracting gas in the Crimea,” the chairman of Chornomornaftogaz, Svetlana Nezhnov, stated.
According to her, Russia appropriated Ukrainian assets in the Crimea after its 2014 annexation. The extracted gas is …
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Moldovan presidential candidate Dodon: Crimea is de-facto part of Russia
Moldova’s Socialist Party presidential candidate, Igor Dodon, stated that the Crimea is de-facto part of Russia. However, Dodon didn’t provide a clear answer to whether he will agree to recognize it in the event of his election as President, Radio Svoboda reported.“There is excessive speculation on this issue. The Crimea is de-facto currently a part of Russia. Legally, this fact hasn’t been recognized by the West and the majority of countries. I don’t know whether it will be recognized in the …
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Europe is concerned about Russia’s declared right to deploy nuclear weapons to Crimea
On the 27th of October, the European Parliament overwhelmingly adopted the Nuclear Safety and Non-Proliferation resolution during the plenary session in Strasbourg. In the text of the resolution, the European parliamentarians expressed concerns about threats to use nuclear weapons posed by Russia and called on nuclear-weapon states to reduce the number of nuclear weapons and the role of non-peaceful atomics in the military doctrine.
The European Parliament pointed out troubling examples such …
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U.S. and Swedish reconnaissance aircraft fly over Russian Kaliningrad and Crimea
On Friday, a U.S. Navy P-8A Poseidon reconnaissance aircraft flew over the Black Sea near the coast of the Crimea and a Swedish Gulfsteam 4 signals intelligence aircraft flew over Russia’s Baltic Sea exclave of Kaliningrad, Interfax reported.
According to websites that track the movement of military aircraft, the U.S. P-8A with tail number 168 761 took off from the Naval Air Station Sigonella in Sicily and flew over the southern coast of the Crimea.
The Swedish Air Force’s Gulfstream 4 with …
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Lavrov: Russian officials do not require Ukraine's permission to visit Crimea
Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said Russian leaders do not require permission to visit the Crimea, commenting on Ukraine’s protest over Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the annexed peninsula, TASS reported.
On Wednesday, the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry issued a note of protest over Putin’s visit to the Crimea, where he was participating in “Forum for Action” in Yalta.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its strong protest to the Ministry of Foreign …
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Ukrainian Foreign Ministry protests Putin's visit to the Crimea
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry has submitted a note of protest to its Russian counterpart concerning Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to the Crimea, Izvestia reported.
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry’s press service said that it did not consent to Putin’s visit to the annexed peninsula.
"The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expresses its strong protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation in connection with another… visit by Russian President Putin to the …
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U.S. surveillance aircraft fly near the Crimea and Russia's flotilla in the Mediterranean
U.S. Navy surveillance aircraft flew along the coast of the Crimea on Wednesday, Interfax reported. A separate surveillance aircraft flew near Russia’s warships in the Mediterranean Sea, according to websites that track the movement of military aircraft.
The first U.S. plane reportedly took off from the Sigonella Naval Air Station in Sicily, where it proceeded to fly over the Black Sea south of the Crimean coast.
The second aircraft also took off from Signolla, and flew over the eastern …