Contents tagged with crimea
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Russia to develop naval air base in Crimea
The commander of the Russian Airspace Forces, Viktor Bondarev, told journalists that the Chauda landfill in annexed Crimea will be the first Russian naval air base where a variety of exercises will be conducted, including training for pilots of Tu-22M3 long-range bomber aircraft, TASS reports.
"In the future, this site will serve as a training facility for fight personnel of Chkalov's State Flight Tests Center. The site will work all year round, pilots will train there using all types of …
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Kuban Cossacks receive awards for ‘protecting the Crimean referendum’
Nine Cossacks of the Kuban Cossack Army received awards personally from Sergey Aksyonov, the de facto head of Crimea, on the 25th anniversary of the rehabilitation of the Cossacks. During a parade in Krasnodar, honorary watches were presented to them for the protection of the "referendum" in the annexed Crimea, TASS reports.
Aksyonov presented the honors "for the conscientious execution of the official duties and active participation in ensuring of law and order during the preparation and …
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OSCE to consider creating monitoring mission in Crimea
The question of creating an OSCE monitoring mission in the Crimea will be discussed when the Organization’s Representative on Freedom of the Media, Dunja Mijatović, visits Ukraine, Krym.Realii reported.
According to the First Secretary of the National Union of Journalists (NUJU), Sergey Tomilenko, the issue was discussed at the congress of the European Federation of Journalists in Sarajevo.
“Dunja Mijatović will soon visit Ukraine and the mission in the Crimea will be a key issue in the …
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Kiev issues note of protest to Berlin over German politicians’ visit to Crimea
The Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany, Andrey Melnik, wrote on Twitter that Ukraine sent a note to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany protesting the visit of the Chairman of the youth wing of the anti-migrant Alternative for Germany party, Marcus Frohnmayer, and Alternative for Germany Member of the European Parliament, Marcus Pretzell.
“We sent note of protest to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Germany because of illegal visit of German politicians to Crimea,” Melnik wrote.
“The …
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Media: Kerch resident angered by Russian anti-terrorist exercises
Kerch media published a video with the commentary by a perturbed local resident, who claimed to be a victim of the anti-terrorist exercises of Russian special services.
Accorting to Kerch.com.ru website, in one of the recreational areas in Kerch on Kirov Street, near the Cherepashka beach, Russian intelligence officers with machine guns carried out military exercises on the 22nd of April. Civilians who passed by, people of different ages, including children, the elderly and anyone who happened …
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Monument to energy blackouts to be erected in Crimea
It was decided to immortalize the memory of energy cutoffs in Yalta. A sculpture made of two huge bulbs will be mounted in one of the city squares, as reported by the head of city administration, Andrey Rostenko.
"It is the initiative of a local businessman, quite an interesting and creative project," he explained and added that the construction will be an automatic watering system, and the "bulbs" will become an original "monument to the blackouts," tells Kryminform.
According to Rostenko, …
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Peskov: Decisions regarding the Crimean Tatar Mejlis are ‘internal matters’
Kremlin Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov, commenting on the US State Department’s call for Russia to revoke the decision to suspend the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, said that the matter is an internal affair of the Russian Federation.
“This is an issue that concerns exclusively Russian jurisdiction, that is why we don’t consider it possible and necessary to listen to the opinion of other countries,” Peskov stated.
Earlier, the Spokesperson for the United States Department of State, John …
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Latvia may open a criminal case against the organizer of tours to Crimea
The Security Police (SP) of Latvia requested that the prosecutor's office of Riga initiate criminal proceedings against a tour operator that organizes trips to the Crimea, Delfi.lv reported.
According to the SP, the criminal proceedings were initiated as a result of the violation of the EU ban on providing services directly related to tourism in the Crimea and Sevastopol. The SP believes that enough evidence was gathered to start criminal proceedings against one individual for an intentional …
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Russian-Crimean Prosecutor General wants to ban US-funded news site
The Prosecutor General of Russian-Crimea, Natalia Poklonskaya, stated in her comment to TASS that she is preparing to fully block Radio Free Europe's Krym.Realii project.
“We have gathered materials for the General Prosecutor’s Office of Russia and Roskomnadzor for the complete closure of the Krym.Realii information service,” she said.
The Prosecutor General’s official website also reported its initiative on the blocking of separate publications of Krym.Realii. “Content analysis of this …
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Naftogaz files lawsuit against Russia
Naftogaz of Ukraine has filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation for damages incurred by the loss of its assets in the Crimea, according to the company’s head, Andriy Kobolev, Interfax-Ukraine reported.
"We have filed a lawsuit against the Russian Federation with respect to compensation for not only the cost of the towers, but all the assets that have been lost… in the Crimea because of the Russian occupation, or those assets to which we temporarily do not have access to. For example, …