In Crimea it is planned to start developing own software based on the new state-owned company “Crimeatechnology” that will allow to create its own Silicon Valley in the peninsula in the future. The “Deputy Prime Minister”, “Minister” of internal policy, information and communications of Crimea Dmitry Polonsky said that in the interview posted on the…

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As the “Minister for Crimean Affairs” Oleg Saveliev reports, large infrastructure projects planned as part of the federal target program for the development of Crimea and Sevastopol can be postponed for several years, RBC informs. In particular, it is planned to defer the construction of motorways in the peninsula to a later date. “We will…

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The Presidential Commissioner on Crimean Tatar Affairs Mustafa Dzhemilev said in the interview with New Eastern Europe that sanctions introduced against Russia will come into play in the near future.     “It is expected that sanctions will be so effective that Russia will be forced to leave this (the Crimean peninsula – Editor’s note)…

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The Public Prosecutor’s Office announced the suspicion of high treason and desertion committed by 3 thousand military men in Crimea. Military Prosecutor of Ukraine Anatoliy Matios informed about that during a briefing, the TV channel “112 Ukraine” reports. “More than 3 thousand men were placed under the suspicion. They will be liable for the crimes…

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Large queues at the Crimean “border checkpoints” are a result of unskilled work of customs office heads. On March 16, the “head” of Crimea Sergiy Aksenov informed the journalists in Simferopol about that.     He said that the “government” of Crimea monitors the situation on the “border” between the peninsula and Ukraine every day….

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The truce reached in Minsk continues to be technically observed but weapons don’t stop to be used and the number of victims increases. The OSCE mission is not able to control the withdrawal of troops. Russia continues to provide support for separatists. Ukraine is forced to beg the EU and the UNO for peacemakers.  …

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The “Soviet of Ministers of the Republic of Crimea” signed a memorandum with representatives of whole sale and retail trade, and good manufacturers, according to which “everyone is going to follow principles of conscientiousness by making and executing of contracts”. Press-service of the “Ministry of Industrial Policy of the Republic of Crimea” informs about that….

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In the center of Simferopol, about 2 thousand schoolchildren participated in a costume musical parade dedicated to the anniversary of the “referendum”.  KrymMedia informs about that. On the Lenin Square the groups of the Palace of children and youth creativity arranged a dancing and musical flash mob, after which they released balloons into the sky….

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Human rights activists of the initiative “The Crimean Human Rights Field Mission” stated that the first opening of the criminal procedure under the article 280.1 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation regarding journalists of the “Center of Investigative Reporting” is a direct interference into freedom of expression. According to the opinion of the…

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In the morning of March 14 it was reported that activists Aleksandr Kravchenko and Leonid Kuzmin were detained by the Simferopol “law enforcement agencies” and the “self-defense force”. Besides them, a journalist of a polish TV channel Polsat News in Moscow Tomash Kulakovsky was also detained. They were sent to a “district police station”, where…

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