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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