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Highest number of illegal detentions since Crimea was annexed recorded in March. The Crimean Tatar Resource Center recorded the highest number of illegal detention cases in Crimea since the peninsula was annexed by Russia – 40 in total, said Eskender Bariyev, head of the Center, presenting the analysis of human rights violations in Crimea in the first quarter of 2019. […]
The hotel owner who introduced the rule shortly after the annexation of Crimea five years ago went through a series of court trials to finally get the decision by the highest court issued in his support. “Crimea is Ukraine” is a mandatory statement for Russian guests wishing to stay at the Brioni Boutique Hotel in the Czech Ostrava. The hotel […]
Konstantin Mashovets on the coastal defense in the occupied Crimea and gives a detailed analysis of land component of the Russian forces The key defense element of the Russian forces in Crimea is the 22nd Army Corps – a unit of the Coastal Troops of the Russian Navy. The corps and its headquarters are located and managed in the city […]
Russian President Putin personally led the seizure of the Ukrainian Crimea. Sergey Aksenov, head of the Crimea occupational government, said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had personally guided the seizure of the peninsula. Aksenov said this during the festivities dedicated to the 5th anniversary of Crimea annexation. According to him, Crimea became a “part of the Russian Federation” thanks to […]
Russian servicemen will teach Crimean schoolchildren how to use weapons. Russian occupiers created the “House of Yunarmiya” at the premises of the city House of Officers, where . The press service of the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that “the military-patriotic center was established in accordance with the decision of the Minister of Defense of Russia”. “Schoolchildren of Sevastopol, who […]
Russia has taken at least a million archaeological artifacts out of the annexed Crimea since 2014. This was stated by representative of the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine Serhiy Mokrenyuk. “At a minimum, one million artifacts have been transported from Crimea to the Russian Federation,” Mokrenyuk said. According to him, the Ukrainian Ministry records […]
Russian navy performed BAL missle system launches at naval targets of conditional enemy in the Black Sea, local media in occupied Crimea reports. Crews of Bal missile system of the Russian Black Sea navy conducted training on strikes on the sea targets in occupied Crimea. It is reported by the press service of the Southern Military District. “The crews of […]
The number of military equipment on Crimea peninsula and around it exceeds all permissible limits, diplomat Volodymyr Yelchenko says. Russia has deployed more military forces in the annexed Crimea than during the Soviet times. This opinion was expressed by the Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the United Nations, Volodymyr Yelchenko. According to him, now the number of military equipment in […]
Russia threatened to block the Sea of Azov for Ukrainian ships “within minutes” by closing it for any ships other than Russian ones.
Ukraine arrested or applied other restrictions to 15 the foreign ship-owners who had played into the hands of Russian occupiers.
Summer season 2018 in occupied Crimea shows just moslty military radars and empty beaches. The very middle of a summer on calendar, the height of the holiday season, and occupied Crimea is still waiting for an unprecedented influx of tourists, promised by Russian creators of the Putin bridge in Kerch. So far, this structure is used only as scenery for […]
Crimeans, who are invited to participate in the jury in Russia-controlled courts on the peninsula, as well as during the conscription into the Russian army, are forced to renounce Ukrainian citizenship.