Security Service of Ukraine investigating more unauthorized visits of Crimea by foreign ships
In response to the appeal by the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) has promised to include in the records of joint pre-trial investigation the violations in August to September 2017 by foreign vessels of the ban on entry into the ports of annexed Crimea, as reported by the press service of the Ministry of Temporarily Occupied Territories of Ukraine.
The Ministry’s website indicated that it had previously sent appeals to the Office of …
Crimean power grid is being taken over by Russian state-owned enterprise
The energy infrastructure of the Crimea, which is currently managed by a Crimean-owned enterprise, will be transferred under the control of JSC Krymenergo where the Kremlin has a 100% ownership stake, according to a representative of the Ministry of Energy, as reported by RBC news agency. According to him, all of the facilities operated by the State Unitary Enterprise, Krymenergo, as well as the power grids that will be built as part of the federal program "Social and economic development of …
Ukraine confiscates $200 million belonging to Yanukovych’s circle
Ukraine has confiscated another $200 million from the “family” of former President Viktor Yanukovych, as announced by the Prosecutor General, Yuri Lutsenko.
"Today the decision of the city of Cherkasy Sosnovsky District Court has come into effect, requiring the confiscation of the Yanukovych mafia’s banking assets totaling $200 million. The dogs are barking and the caravan is moving," he wrote on Facebook.
The first confiscation took place in the spring.
On April 28th, the Prosecutor General, …
Assassination attempt on top separatist official rocks Donetsk
According to Russia’s RIA Novosti news agency, there were two explosions on a Saturday morning in Donetsk. According to the agency's source in the local security agencies, an assassination attempt was made on the so-called “Minister of Revenue and Taxes” of the DPR (Donetsk People’s Republic), Alexander Timofeyev.
As a result of the attack, the official was injured and was taken to hospital in critical condition, said the agency's interlocutor.
The local Donetsk News agency also reported the …
Ukrainian court finds Saakashvili guilty of illegally crossing the border
The former President of Georgia and the former Governor of the Odessa region, Mikhail Saakashvili, was found guilty of illegally crossing the Ukrainian border by the Mostitsky District Court of the Lviv region.
“In the administrative case on the illegal crossing of the Ukrainian border, the court finds the defendant guilty and imposes a fine 3400 hryvnia ($130)," the judge said. Also, Saakashvili must pay 320 hryvnia ($12.2) court fees.
Saakashvili did not attend the court session. On his …