Contents tagged with Russia
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Media: Crimea awaits a full 'gas blockade'
Forbes Ukraine reports that, according to a statement made by the representative of the Russian Union of Oil and Gas Producers, Rustam Tankan, to the Russian internet newspaper National News Service on July 22, gas will disappear in the Crimea, and a full “gas blockade” could follow.
Tankan expressed his suspicion that the “gas secretly flows from the peninsula to mainland Ukraine.” Therefore, the entire Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Crimea is searching for the hidden flow routes.
The …
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Russian Paralympic suspension to last through 2018
The Russian Paralympic Committee (RPC) said that the International Paralympic Committee’s (IPC) decision to suspend Russian athletes applies not only to the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro but also to the Winter Olympics in South Korea in 2018.
The RPC expressed the need “to respond as soon as possible to the allegations against the Center for the Training of Russian National Teams” and to clarify the reason for the suspension of the RPC’s membership in the IPC.
The IPC decision makes it …
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Prices in Crimea continue to rise
Prices for goods and services continue to grow in the Crimea. However, they are still significantly lower compared to the previous two years, as stated by the Natalia Grigor while speaking on Sputnik v Krymu radio. Grigor is the Deputy Head of the administrative unit of the Federal State Statistics Service of the Crimea.
“Of course, the price levels are not like those in 2014-2015, but they continue to grow. Since the beginning of the year we have gotten 0.8% growth. In July we saw some …
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Steinmeier: There has been no progress towards implementing the Minsk Agreements
German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier stated that no progress is being made towards implementing the Minsk Agreements, Reuters reported. “We should work to de-escalate the situation,” Steinmeier said. According to him, the ministers for foreign affairs of Germany, Poland and France have agreed to make more of an effort to settle the conflict in southeastern Ukraine.
Earlier, the President of Russia, Vladimir Putin, the Chancellor of Germany, Angela Merkel, and the President of France, …
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Poroshenko: A ‘huge’ number of Russian troops are in Ukraine
The president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, stated in an interview with CNN that a "huge" number of Russian troops are in the territory of Ukraine. According to him, this shows that Russia has crossed the line.
“If you had asked me about the theoretical possibility of Russia’s invasion and occupation of the Crimea in 2013, I would have said that it was impossible because there is a line that Putin would not cross. If you had asked me in January 2014 about the possibility that thousands of …
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Mejlis urges Crimean Tatars to publicize human rights abuses
The First Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Nariman Dzhelal, called on the Crimean Tatar community activists and all those who suffered from political repression in the Crimea to maximize the publicity of all human rights violations, in a statement to Krym.Realii.
"On the very first day, when Ilmi Umerov (deputy head of Mejlis) was taken to a psychiatric institution, we immediately began to photograph everything and to report on the conditions here. That is why now, a …
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Russia's Finance Ministry and Central Bank to be tested for readiness to work during wartime
Structural units of the Ministry of Communications and Mass Communications of the Russian Federation, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Industry and Trade, the Federal State Reserve Agency and the Central Bank of Russia will take part in a snap check of federal government bodies and Defense Industry Complex enterprises for readiness to work in wartime, according to the Ministry of Defense.
The military is planning mobilization activities that include “recalling reservists, supplying …
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Russia lifts ban on charter flights to Turkey
A ban, which was in force for almost a year, on charter flights from Russia to Turkey has been lifted by Moscow.
The corresponding draft resolution was submitted to the government on the 28th of August by the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation. It was signed by Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev. The document can be seen on the website of the Russian government.
The ban was imposed after Turkey shot down a Russian Su-24 fighter plane in November 2015.
The press secretary of …
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Russian lawyer of detained Crimean Tatar arrives in the peninsula to secure his release
Mark Feygin, who is the lawyer of the deputy head of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, Ilmi Umerov, has arrived in the Crimea. The Russian lawyer posted this on his Facebook page.
Feygin said that he is preparing for negotiations with the FSB concerning the release of Umerov from a mental hospital. He is currently undergoing a compulsory court-ordered psychiatric examination.
“I have arrived in the Crimea and together with my colleagues in Umerov’s defense team, we will try from as soon …
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Russia deploys paratroopers and marines to Crimea and Kuban
Russia has deployed units of the Assault Brigade of Airborne Troops (VDV) and brigades of the Caspian Flotilla marines to Kuban and to the Crimea as part of their sudden inspection of combat readiness. This was reported by the Defense Ministry of the Russian Federation.
“Units of the VDV from the Volgograd region used different means of transportation to march 1,200 kilometers to the Opuk training ground in the Crimea. Here, they started to execute engineering tasks, organize the protection …