occupied crimea
Events in the Black sea are unfolding at such a speed that traditional foreign policy cannot keep up and requires an urgent careful and creative re-thinking. The analysis made by Andrii Klymenko, associate fellow, Crimea Department, Maidan of Foreign Affairs, Editor-in-Chief of the BSNews is aimed at anyone who cares about the region. The author stresses that it is important […]
100 aircraft and helicopters – Russia announces large-scale exercise with shooting in occupied Crimea. A hundred Russian aircraft and helicopters will be involved in large-scale exercise to be held in southern Russia and in the occupied Crimea on August 6 – 16, 2019. The press service of the Southern Military District of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation announce […]
On June 26 the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) ratified credentials of the Russian delegation imposing no restrictions regardless of the violations of the Council of Europe principles. This reports by the “Yevropeiska Pravda” (European Truth) correspondent from Strasbourg. Following the debates, PACE deputies rejected with an absolute majority all amendments suggested by representatives of Ukraine, […]
Russian MPs were stripped of voting rights in the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) after Russia occupied Ukraine’s Crimea in 2014. De-occupation of Ukraine’s territories was PACE’s requirement for restoration Russia’s rights in PACE
While considering objections in the case brought by Ukraine to the International Court of Justice in The Hague, Russia tries to influence the court and make it consider the case on their own terms instead of jurisdiction issues. This was announced by Olena Zerkal, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine for the European Integration and Agent of Ukraine in […]
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 […]