Contents tagged with crimea
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Ukraine protests Medvedev's visit to Crimea
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed their objection to the presence of Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev in the Crimea on 25 July as it was not officially approved by Kiev.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs states that the Crimea and Sevastopol was, is and will remain Ukrainian territory, that is why attempts by Russian officials “to refer to such ‘visits’ to Ukraine as domestic visits are meaningless.”
“These regular visits by Russian officials to the Autonomous Republic …
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600 foreign merchant ships have docked in the Crimea in the last two years
Over the last two years, 602 foreign ships that had visited the annexed Crimea were added to Ukraine’s “black list”. This number was provided by journalists of the “Schemes” TV program through a special journalistic investigation titled “Crimean corsairs”.
The journalists were able to determine that most of these vessels had a Russian registration or a Russian flag. However, European ships were also trading with the Crimea.
These journalists reported that over the last two years, 24 ships …
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Traffic accident involving Russian military vehicles in the Crimea resulted in several deaths
The Head of the information support department of the Russian Black Sea Fleet, Vyacheslav Trukhachev reported that two people were killed as a result of a collision involving a civilian Ford Focus and a convoy of military vehicles near Tabachnoye (Bakhchysarai region) in the Crimea. Trukhachev privided this information in his interview with a number of Crimean journalists.
According to him, the traffic accident took place on Saturday at 8 AM. RIA Crimea news agency quoted him as saying that …
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Russia has not found investors for the construction of a power plant for the Crimea
A Russian contract proposal for the construction of a power plant in the Krasnodar region, needed to support the annexed Crimea, has not received any bids, reported Reuters.
No companies have submitted bids for the contract, and authorities subsequently deemed the proposal invalid.
The proposal planned to search for new investors to fund the construction of the 450 MW capacity power plant on the Taman Peninsula by 2018. The power plant is needed to supply power to the Krasnodar region of …
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Ukrainian Border Guard Service: Russian soldiers continue video-tracking from reconnaissance balloon in Crimea
Ukrainian border guard officers made a video of a reconnaissance balloon of Russian military in the Crimea that was launched again on the 23rd of July near the Ukrainian administrative border, Krym.Realii reported.
“Today, at 9 a.m., border guard officers of the Henichesk department, Berdiansk detachment recorded the launch of a reconnaissance balloon by Russian troops. They use it near Arabat Spit, probably for the purpose of video surveillance,” the Ukrainian agency reported on Saturday. …
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Ukraine issues note of protest to Russia after Shoygu's visit to Crimea
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine expressed their objection to the visit of Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu to the Crimea as it was not officialy approved by Ukraine, according to a statement issued by the Ministry.
The Foreign Ministry indicated that on July 22nd Shoygu was "in the sovereign territory of Ukraine and within its internationally recognized borders, which includes the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol."
The Ministry believes that not getting appoval …
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Ukraine to sue Russia over gas production in the Black Sea
Gas production by the Russian Federation in the exclusive marine zone of Ukraine in the Black Sea will be the subject of lawsuits, according to the Ukrainian Minister of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), Vadym Chernysh, UNIAN informs.
On the 20th of July, a meeting of government officials, chaired by the First Vice Prime Minister of Ukraine, Stepan Kubiv, was held, in which almost all Ministries that deal with "de-occupation of Crimea" presented their …
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Russian Defense Minister arrives in the Crimea
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoygu arrived in the Crimea on Friday to present awards to Russian sailors and to inspect the Black Sea fleet, Interfax reported.
"In Sevastopol, the head of the military department [Shoygu] will present the Order of Nakhimov to the crew of the missile cruiser Moskva,” the official representative of the Russian Defense Ministry, Major-General Igor Konashenkov, told reporters.
Shoygu will also check the progress of the resettlement of a number of garrisons of …
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Six countries join EU decision to extend sanctions against Crimea
Six countries have joined the EU in their decision to extend sanctions against the Crimea and Sevastopol. This was said in a statement by the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini.
The decision was joined in by candidate countries for EU membership, Montenegro and Albania; members of the European Economic Area, Liechtenstein and Norway, as well as Ukraine and Georgia.
“They will ensure that their national policies conform to this decision …
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Despite sanctions, Crimeans can download Pokemon Go
Crimean residents can download and play the popular mobile game, Pokémon Go, despite western sanctions and despite the fact that game has not been officially released in Russia yet, RIA Novosti reported.
It is not possible to install the game directly onto a mobile phone with an Android operating system as Google Play services are not available in the Crimea as a result of the sanctions.
The ban can, however, be circumvented by installing a VPN, which is a program allowing the establishment …