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Candidate for German Chancellor: Crimea needs to be recognized as part of the Russian Federation
Die Welt reports that Alexander Gauland, federal spokesman for the German ultra-right party Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany), has said that the Crimea will never return to Ukraine and therefore should be recognized as part of Russia.
“The Crimea will never return to Ukraine. Sanctions do not do anything," said Gauland, who is a candidate for Chancellor of Germany from the Alternative für Deutschland party.
In addition, he is confident that the European Union should …
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Another blackout hits Crimea affecting 11,000 people
In the Crimea, almost 11,000 people were left without electricity due to bad weather, the Russian Energy Ministry reported. It was noted since of 16.30 Kyiv time on August 18th, massive emergency outages have occurred in the Crimean energy networks due to the rain and thunderstorms. Households remain without electricity in 27 areas and impact about 10,700 people. Eight teams of 20 people are involved in emergency recovery work. Earlier it was reported that the Russian Ministry of Energy, due …
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Ukraine protests Putin's visit to Crimea
The visit of Russian leader Vladimir Putin to Sevastopol is a "cynical and demonstrative disregard" by Russia of the norms of international law. The Ukrainian Ministry of Foreign Affairs noted this in a statement.
The Ministry said that the visit of the head of the Russian state, "like other so-called trips of Russian officials to the temporarily occupied Autonomous Republic of Crimea," is a "gross violation of the state sovereignty and territorial integrity of Ukraine."
"The Ministry of …
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Russian propaganda TV channel Life stops broadcasting
The TV channel Life (formerly known as LifeNews), which is part of the news media holdings of Russian media tycoon Aram Gabrelyanov, stops its broadcasting, TASS reported citing a source in the holding company.
Earlier, the news agency RBC reported that the media project planned to reduce news broadcasting, which would lead to a reduction in staff.
"Only the site and our projects remain, of course. TV broadcasting will be completely discontinued. There will be a message to TV viewers on the …
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Navalny’s Anti-corruption fund publishes report on wealth of the son of Putin’s press secretary Peskov
The Anti-corruption Foundation, headed by Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny, published an investigation into Nikolai Choles, the son of Dmitry Peskov, the press secretary of the Russian president.
Choles is Peskov’s son from his first marriage. He lived in the UK but arrived in Russia in 2011-2012. Since then, this son of an influential father has led the life of a millionaire. He goes horse riding, drives expensive cars and travels by private planes.
The press secretary’s heir …