Contents tagged with crimea
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Ukraine to file complaint to The Hague against Russia for use of Crimean shelf
Ukraine will file a complaint against Russia to the international Court of Justice for mining gas in the annexed Crimean shelf, said Minister of Justice Pavlo Petrenko during a speech in Parliament.
According to the Minister, pretrial work is now ongoing in order to identify violations by the Russian Federation of international conventions for the Suppression of the Financing of Terrorism and the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination.
“Russia cannot …
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Russia transferred new S-400 and Pantsir-S missile systems to Crimea
Russia placed new anti missile systems on combat duty in the Crimea and continues to update the Black Sea Fleet with new ships, aircraft and equipment, as reported by the press service of the Southern Military District of the Russian Defense Ministry.
“A regiment of S-400 missile systems and Pantsir-S air-defense missile systems were placed on combat duty in the Crimea,” the statement reads.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Black Sea Fleet and the Caspian Flotilla plan to add …
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NATO will continue its policy of pressuring Moscow to implement agreements in Ukraine
The Deputy Secretary-General of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, Alexander Vershbow, stated that NATO intends to keep pressure on Moscow until it begins to implement previously undertaken obligations on the Ukrainian issue, European Pravda reported. According to Vershbow, the security situation in the Euro-Atlantic region has significantly deteriorated due to annexation of the Crimea by Russia in 2014 and the subsequent participation of Russian servicemen in the Donbas.
Meanwhile, …
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Human rights group: 4,000 Crimean orphans have been taken to Russia
Russia has taken no fewer than 4,000 Ukrainian children from the annexed Crimea, and many have already been taken to regions of neighboring Russia and given to Russian families, said the representative of the commissioner for the Observance of Rights of Children of Ukraine, Aksana Filipishina, in an interview with Hromadske Radio.
According to her, after the annexation the so-called trains of happiness were organized with “echelons” of candidates of potential adoptive parents, but later it …
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Russia to produce film on the construction of the Kerch Strait Bridge
The Russian Ministry of Culture posted an announcement on the state procurement website seeking competitive bids for the production of a special project, "a full-length film with partial financial support from the State on the subject of the construction of the bridge across the Kerch Strait." The film must be completed before the end of November 2017.
The project budget should not exceed 3 million rubles ($47,700). The Ministry of Culture will accept applications for the production of the …
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Russia to equip its Southern district with new generation of BUK missiles
This year the Southern military district of Russia will be equipped with the new generation of surface-to-air BUK-3M missiles. According to the Russian TASS news agency, this was stated by the Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Ground Forces, Colonel-General Oleg Salyukov.
“As a part of strengthening of the ground forces the air-defense units will be equipped with modern missile systems. And these are in particular BUK-3M surface-to-air missile systems capable of engaging up to 6 air targets …
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Lutsenko: Russian Prosecutor General inadvertently disclosed the names of more Ukrainian prosecutors who deserted to Russia
The Prosecutor General of Ukraine reported that he has received a letter from the Prosecutor General's Office of the Russian Federation. According to Lutsenko, in this letter, the Russian Prosecutor General’s Office expressed their indignation over the criminal proceedings against a number of former Ukrainian prosecutors who accepted the Russian citizenships at the time of the Russian annexation of the Crimea. The Prosecutor General's Office of Ukraine had filed charges of treason against the …
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US does not recognize Russia's ban of Crimean Tatar Mejlis
Washington has refused to recognize Russia’s decision to ban the activities of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars.
“The United States does not recognize the legitimacy of the supreme court decision to ban the self-governing body of the Crimean Tatars – Mejlis. We reject the characterization of Mejlis as an ‘extremist’ organization, and condemn the suspension of the work of this democratic institution,” a US State Department statement read.
“Russia continues the practice of arbitrary arrests of …
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Commander of Russian 'little green men' in Crimea will be new commander of Russian airborne troops
The Russian Defense Ministry appointed Lieutenant-General Andrey Serdyukov as commander of Russian airborne troops, Izvestia reports.
According to the publication, the 53-year-old General held all command positions, and also led a special operation in the Crimea in the spring of 2014. The submission on the appointment of Serdyukov has been sent to the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin.
“Currently, the decision on the appointment of Andrey Serdyukov has already been made by the Ministry of …
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Kyiv protests Russia's ban on Crimean Tatar Mejlis
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine has protested against the decision to recognize the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People as an extremist organization in Russia and demanded that the decision be overturned. Yesterday, the Supreme Court of the Russian Federation fully prohibited the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People. Therefore, an appeal from Mejlis representatives was rejected.
The agency also demanded that the decision be overturned and called on international partners to intensify …