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Ukrainian border guards seized foreign vessel for entering Crimea
Border guards of the Odessa naval defense squad arrested a foreign vessel violator which entered the closed Crimean ports, the press service of the Ukrainian Border Guard Service (SBGS) announced on August 1.
The SAN PORFYRIOS motor ship was stopped by border guards in the Ukrainian waters of the Danube on its way from Romania to Greece. According to preliminary information, a vessel named Sava Lake (Panama Flag) with the same IMO (unique ship identification number) as that on the SAN …
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Media: Siemens banned Iranian company from supplying turbines to Crimea
The German company Siemens has forbidden the Iranian company Mapna to supply gas turbines to the Russian-occupied Crimea. Three sources close to Siemens, Rostec and the Russian government reported the information to RBC.
According to them, by autumn 2016, Siemens began delaying the equipment delivery after the media had reported information on the turbines’ supply to the Crimea bypassing the sanctions. In this regard, Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the government and Rostec to find …
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Kyiv: Russian law on granting citizenship to Ukrainians infringes on their rights
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine urged citizens of Ukraine not to succumb to provocations by the Russian Federation to simplify the acquisition of Russian citizenship.
The Foreign Ministry regards the Russian leadership's adoption of a law simplifying the acquisition of Russian citizenship by Ukrainian citizens as a complete disregard for international law, the Foreign Ministry said in a commentary.
"We regard this step by the aggressor state as a continuation of legal …
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Putin signs law on debt repayment by Crimeans to Ukrainian banks
Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a law on the repayment of debts by residents of the annexed Crimea to Ukrainian banks.
The corresponding document was published on the president's website on Monday, reported RIA Novosti.
In particular, it gives the borrower the right to apply to the Deposit Protection Fund (DPF) established by the Deposit Insurance Agency (DIA), with confirmation of freedom from cooperation with persons entitled to demand payment of the debt. At the same time, the …
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Pro-Russian separatist added Russian soldier captured by Ukrainian Army in Donbas to prisoner-exchange list
During a skype conference with the Minsk humanitarian subgroup, the DPR and LPR (officially - separate regions of Donetsk and Luhansk regions - ORDLO) demanded the release of the captured Russian military officer, Ageyev, as part of the prisoner exchange program. The DPR and LPR consider Ageyev to be a "soldier," as stated by the representative of Ukraine in the humanitarian subgroup of the Tripartite Contact Group, Iryna Herashchenko, on her Facebook page.
"Ukraine's position here is …