The number of Russian banks opened in Crimea after the annexation of the peninsula has been halved. The newspaper “Ъ” gave this data citing the Central Bank of the Russian Federation.   By September 1, 2016, there were branches of 14 banks working in Crimea. By December 31, 2014, 31 credit institutions were registered on…

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Start reading here Crimean vineyards The overall area of Crimean vineyards is about 32 thousand hectares (area of vineyards in Russia is about 60 thousand hectares). However, only 16 thousand hectares of them actually crops. Crimea cannot display past crops after the annexation: while 95 thousand tons of grapes were harvested in 2013, in 2014…

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In the morning of September 2, a pensioner from Yalta tried to set himself in fire as a mark of protest against the decision of local ‘authorities’ to demolish his cafe in the area of Primorsky beach. Kryminform reported about that. According to the portal, the injured man got serious burns of different parts of…

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Sevastopol state-financed medical institutions faced with a serious staff shortage – they are lacking doctors and nurses. The ‘Acting Director’ of the city’s health department Yuriy Voskanyan said that live in the Sevastopol informational channel. “Today we lack about 600 doctors and 1000 nurses,” he said. According to the ‘Acting Director’, the staff problem is…

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About 53% of Crimeans receive official (officially declared) salaries, 22% – receive hidden and illegal wages. The research service of the HeadHunter company obtained these data based on the survey conducted. It is stated that bank employees (83% of respondents) as well as employees of the government agencies and the primary sector receive fully official…

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‘Prosecutors’ and representatives of the Federal Service for Veterinary and Phytosanitary Surveillance (Rosselkhoznadzor) found three tons of sausages and cheese in a private warehouse in Yalta. All products were seized and disposed of. The press service of the Crimean public prosecutor’s office reported about that. It is stated that products from Ukraine and Europe, which…

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The Russian annexation caused irreparable damage to the wine industry of Crimea: once world-famouswine brands of the Ukrainian peninsula are now referred to as ‘wine drinks’, famous fortified Crimean wines are removed from production because they don’t comply with the Russian standards and the vintage wines are sold out.   Crimean ‘wine drink’ Crimean wineries…

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