On Friday the Ukrainian State Inspectorate for Safety of land transportation informed on its website that passenger transportation has been suspended.   It has been said that bus services had been canceled “because of radicalization of the situation in Autonomous Republic of Crimea and invasion of the Ukrainian territory by armed groups, extremist-minded persons and…

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There will be no trains to Crimea from December 27. The Crimean Field Mission informs about that on its page in Facebook.   The Ukrainian Railways limit route of trains of Crimean direction to Novoalekseevka and Kherson stations. Trains that will depart beginning from December 27 will come to the stations mentioned above. This information…

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As a result of the loss of piping integrity, petroleum products in quantity of 8 cubic meters were spilt at the sea in the area of Tuapse. The Fresh Newspaper reports about that.   “I see dark spots on the river… The sea is rough. I can’t say that it is fully covered with oil…

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Mass media that don’t recognize the occupation and annexation as legitimate actions shouldn’t work on the peninsula. KrymInform news agency reports that so called Crimean prime-minister Sergey Aksenov said about that at the press-conference in Simferopol.   “My attitude to the oppositional mass media is such: it is necessary to discuss any opinion but to…

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Mass searches and inspections are made in Crimea in recent months. People are checked for involvement in extremist activities. Some detained persons are taken to the Center for Countering Extremism. There were no such ideas in Ukrainian Crimea. Let’s try to figure out what extremism means according to Russian laws. There is the Federal Law…

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Crimean security officials adopt their Russian colleague’s experience. They start so called “migration cleansing”. Recent detentions on markets of Simferopol have been conducted with violations. No charges have been put, nor documents have been issued. Arrestees on markets of Simferopol have been delivered to the Center for Countering Extremism. Finger prints and samples of DNA…

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Already in 2015 the number of Russian militaries on the Crimean peninsula can reach 120 thousand people. Expert Andrey Klimenko informed “Maydan of Foreign Affairs” about that at the press-conference in Kiev. “Russians are turning Crimea into a huge military base. According to our valuations, there will be 120 thousand of Russian military men by…

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Human rights activists suggested to use documents issued by the occupational authorities in Crimea as a basis. The head of Center for Civic Education “Almenda” Olga Skripnyk informed about that at the press-conference in Kiev. “Legislation should be changed as this situation is solvable. These documents can be exchanged for analogical ones in Ukraine: the…

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Soldiers of battalion “Crimea”, which is currently based in the village Peski of Donetsk region, demand to stop the farce called a truce. They wrote about that on their Facebook page. “We demand to stop the farce called a truce! It doesn’t exist. Every day our positions are under grenade launcher rounds and every night…

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Activists and human rights defenders want to offer the Ukrainian authorities to create the Decision-making Center regarding Crimea and Sevastopol. Today the Crimean political expert Sergey Kostinskiy announced that at the press-conference in Kiev. “There is no comprehensive state policy related to the occupied territories on the mainland. There is no information policy and we…

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