Contents tagged with crimea
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Ukraine expresses concern over the visits of Serbian representatives to Crimea
On November 7, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Pavlo Klimkin, held consultations with the Ukrainian Ambassador to Serbia Aleksandr Aleksandrovich, during which he expressed concern over Serbia’s contact with the annexed Crimea, as reported by the press service of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry.
“Illegal contacts between representatives of Serbia and the occupied Crimea are causing considerable concern. It is hoped that Serbia will fully adhere to its declared principle of respect …
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Bariev: 57 political prisoners are being held in Crimea
There are currently 57 political prisoners in the Russian-annexed Crimea, as reported by the head of the Board of the Crimean Tatar Resource Center and member of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Eskender Bariev, during a press conference in Kyiv on November 6th.
He noted that after Russia transferred Ilmi Umerov and Akhtem Chiyhoz, who were imprisoned in the Crimea, to the Republic of Turkey, new arrests were made on the peninsula.
The First Deputy Minister of Information Policy of …
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Ukrainian Defense Ministry: 4000 soldiers and 200 SBU staff left for Ukraine after the annexation of Crimea
After Russia’s annexation of Crimea, 3991 of the 13468 Ukrainian military personnel moved to mainland Ukraine. This was the Defense Ministry’s response to MP Dmitry Tymchuk’s question.
“We inform you that on 1 March 2014, 13468 military personnel served in the military units and institutions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine based in the territory of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, of them 4637 were officers and 8831 were privates, sergeants and petty officers. 3991 military personnel came to …
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Less than 20 companies expressed willingness to take part in the industrial park in Crimea
A preliminary agreement on the organization of production in the industrial park of Sevastopol was signed by 17 Russian enterprises. The companies specialize in machinery, instrument making and glassware production, as stated by Nikolay Brusnikin, Head of the City Department for Priority Development Projects, RIA Crimea reports.
"The Corporation for Development of Sevastopol, which oversees the industrial park project, had sent at least 100 appeals to Russian manufacturing companies. Half of …
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Ukraine to appeal to UNESCO over the damage to Bakhchysarai Khan Palace in the Russian-annexed Crimea
The Ministry of Culture of Ukraine expresses its protest against the actions of Crimean authorities for carrying out illegal restoration work at the Bakhchysarai Museum-Reserve and appealed, in particular, to UNESCO with a request to once again call on the Russian Federation to comply with the norms of international legislation, as reported on the website of the Ministry of Culture.
"The Ministry of Culture is outraged by the large-scale illegal restoration of the Khan Palace National Monument …
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Ukraine: 22 foreign ships illegally entered Crimean ports in October
22 cargo ships illegally entered the ports of the annexed Crimea in October, reports the press service of the Ministry for Temporary Occupied Territories and Internally Displaced Persons of Ukraine.
"Between October 1 and November 1 of this year, 22 calls of cargo vessels were recorded trespassing at ports in the occupied Crimea. In general, these vessels carried out 64 calls to the ports of Kerch, Sevastopol and Feodosia," the ministry said.Of these vessels, 18 sailed under the Russian flag, …
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Russia accuses Austria of blockade because of refusal to grant visas to journalists from Crimea
Austria has refused to issue visas to journalists from the annexed Crimea, for which Russia accused it of an information blockade.
Maria Zakharova, spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, expressed her outrage at Austria’s actions, Tass news agency reports.
“The situation of not granting visas to Crimeans can be called a blockade,” she said.
“Today, unfortunately, we witnessed another unpleasant incident, when journalists from Crimea were not admitted to an event connected with the …
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Permanent Representative of Ukraine to the UN: new demands on Russia included in the updated 'Crimean' UN resolution
The draft of the updated resolution "The Situation of Human Rights in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol, Ukraine", which the Ukrainian delegation presented on Tuesday at the third committee of the UN General Assembly, contains a number of new demands on Russia, as well as an appeal to the organization’s Secretary-General regarding coordination of UN entities in the Crimea.
This was discussed by Ukraine's Permanent Representative to the UN, Voldymyr Yelchenko, reports Ukrinform. …
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Poroshenko called on the leaders of the Gulf States to stand up for the rights of Crimean Tatars
During his visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, President Petro Poroshenko met with the Secretary General of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, as indicated on the administration’s website.
According to the report, the both leaders discussed plans for the development of cooperation between Ukraine and the Arab Peninsula states.
During the meeting, Poroshenko introduced Mustafa Dzhemilev, a former Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People, leader of …
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Gas pipeline damaged in Crimea, Russian authorities call it an act of sabotage
A gas pipeline was damaged in the Crimea on Tuesday evening, RBC news agency reports.
According to RBC agency, the Russian National Anti-Terrorist Committee stated they were looking into possible act sabotage.
As reported by the agency, the gas distribution station near Crimean city of Alushta experienced a drop in the gas pressure on Tuesday evening, October 31. At the same time the power supply to the city was disrupted due to a collapse of a power line support pylon. According to the …