Four items of the nationalized property of the Privat group owned by the Ukrainian businessman Igor Kolomoyskiy were sold by auction in Crimea. The press service of the ‘Ministry’ of Property and Land Relations of Crimea reports about that. “The budget of the Republic of Crimea was increased by 245.7 million rubles from the sale…

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The number of political prisoners that will be accused of involvement in terrorist activities by occupation authorities will increase in Crimea in the near future. The human rights defender Mariya Tokmak said that at a press conference, Interfax-Ukraine reports. “The number of political prisoners will increase in Crimea in the near future. We know about…

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With each passing day, the Crimean peninsula occupied by Russia is becoming more and more a military base – the number of troops and military equipment is increasing rapidly, there is a gradual equipment modernization and the Crimean people have already got used to wake up with the sounds of military aircraft exercises. However, the…

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Read the beginning of the article here “Crimea is ours” but it is better to go on vacation to Cyprus In spite of ‘flag-waving’ and calls to go on vacation to ‘our’ Crimea, the Russians are not in a hurry to go to the peninsula. Although, according to the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center’s survey,…

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Unique natural and climatic characteristics provide Crimea with a resort reputation since Soviet times. The tourist flow on the peninsula didn’t stop even during the difficult 1990s. The Crimean tourist business is facing, perhaps, the most challenging time: the Ukrainians don’t go to the peninsula and the Russians can’t provide a number of tourists necessary…

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The Crimean peninsula is rich not only with gentle sunshine, warm sea, sandy beaches with healthy air, but also with large reserves of mineral resources, the development of which always brought significant incomes. After the annexation, Russia appropriated peninsula’s natural resources and created conditions for an unprecedented plunder of mineral resources.  What resources is the…

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Crimean ‘authorities’ reported that more than a million tourists have already arrived to the occupied peninsula. We tried to find them on embankments and beaches of resort towns.   A report on the number of tourists in Crimea is represented with photos taken with webcams broadcast screenshots. Photographs were taken on June 14 in the period…

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The Sevastopol ‘court’ ordered the Crimean Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) to vacate some of church’s premises and pay a fine.  The Archbishop Kliment of Simferopol and Crimea told about that to the Golos Kryma information agency. The Sevastopol Court of Appeal delivered this judgement and obliged the Crimean Diocese of…

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Ukrainian border guards imposed administrative sanctions on 253 foreigners for illegal entry to temporarily occupied Crimea in January-May 2016. The press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (GPSU) reported about that.  “We imposed liability on 12% more foreigners (253 persons) over 5 months this year than over the past year (225). Most…

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A “club village” will be built at the foot of the Crimean Demerdzhi mountain, where Red Book trees are planted.   The “Primechaniya” informs about that. Local “authorities” expect to resolve the water supply and sewerage problem in the Luchistoye village with the help of this construction. “This project is needed for the development of Luchistoye,…

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