On October 28, the ferry boat “Varyag” will go from annexed Sevastopol to the Turkish port Zonguldak again. The director of the LLC “Crimean maritime agency” Stanislav Gvozdilov informed about that, the enterprise’s press service reports. “The resumption of ferry routes occurs due to the warming of relations between Russia and Turkey. The ferry boat…

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Rosselkhoznadzor’s inspectors seized imported products prohibited to import – 120 kg of Lithuanian pears and 25 kg of Polish iceberg lettuce, the agency’s press service reports.     “It turned out that an entrepreneur had 25 kg of Polish iceberg lettuce and 120 kg of pears exported by Lithuania according to their labeling. The owner didn’t provide…

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A 24-year-old man from Sevastopol was sentenced to two years suspended for the dissemination of extremist speech in social networks, the press service of the “Administration of the Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation for the Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol” reports. It is noted that the young man published the public calls to…

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The ‘State Council’ of Crimea set a new minimum subsistence level for pensioners in the amount of 8554 rubles ($136) for 2017 that is 506 rubles higher ($8) than this year’s level, the press service of the Crimean ‘parliament’ reports.  “The adoption of this draft law will allow the territorial body of the Pension Fund…

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In Crimea occupied by Russia, the livestock number is rapidly decreasing compared to the pre-annexation period.  According to the Krymstat, 114.9 thousand heads of cattle including 62 thousand cows were recorded on the peninsula as of October 1, 2016. At the same time, there were 168.3 thousand cattle including 70.3 thousand cows in the Autonomous…

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The Ukrainian state is dealing with Crimean problems too slowly and often reluctantly due to its sluggishness, bureaucratic procedures, and sometimes a real sabotage of people in power. Therefore, the civil society activists took the initiative in developing the de-occupation strategy and protecting the rights of Crimean people on both sides of the administrative border.  …

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It is planned to send 1,500 Crimean army draftees to serve in the Russian armed forces during the autumn drafting that occupation authorities hold in Crimea. The ‘military commissar’ of Crimea Anatoliy Maloletko announced that, the RIA Novosti reported.  “We take almost the fourth place in terms of the number of drafted resources in the…

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The management of the Krymgazset company is concerned about a lack of information regarding the amount of natural gas that will be supplied to the gas supply system on January 1, 2017, because the information about the branch cutting into the gas pipeline from Kuban hasn’t been confirmed.     The Director of the Krymgazset Sergey…

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Sevastopol can’t avoid phased power cuts due to lowering the limit for the city from Crimea this winter. The ‘head’ of the Administration for Provision of Civil Defense Measures Igor Vasilyev reported, Primechaniya informed.  “On the third day of October, Crimea reduced electricity by 30 MW, we had no problems woth that, but we should…

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Journalists of the Golos Kryma news agency prepared a video about Crimean hostages – the people illegally detained in Russian prisons.      According to Ukrainian human rights defenders, there were about 3,400 convicted persons on the peninsula at the time when Crimea has been occupied. The prisoners were moved outside the Crimean territory in spite…

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