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The Verkhovna Rada Commissioner for Human Rights Valeria Lutkovska wants to visit Crimea together with the Russian ombudsman Ella Pamfilova and the Council of Europe Commissioner Nils Muiznieks. Lutkovska said about that in comments carried by Krym.Realii. According to Lutkovska, such a step is needed to make an objective assessment. “I received a letter from…

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Officers of Crimean military commissariats search for young Crimeans, who live in continental Ukraine and didn’t receive Russian passports, for military register. A Crimean, who desired to remain anonymous, spoke about the parallel case. “My son studies in Kiev. He doesn’t have any time to wait in lines to refuse the conferment of nationality of…

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When considering the Law on the State Budget of Ukraine for 2015, the Verkhovna Rada has ignored the issue of financing of occupied Crimea. MIGnews reports about that. “We did everything we could but not a single penny was allocated for Crimea, and there is no strategy for Crimea’s return. But we are going 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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The Crimean Tartars who are coming back from places of deportation face with serious problems on the peninsula when they apply to the Federal Migration Service. They are requested to leave the peninsula. “Crimea.Realias” informs about that with reference to the Crimean Field Mission on Human Rights. As the organization explains, such people can not…

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Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia Sergey Lavrov asserted that Russia has right to station the nuclear weapon in Crimea. He declared that in comments to “Interfax”, reports Zn.ua. “According to the international law, Russia is completely eligible to dispose its legitimate nuclear armory accordant with its interests and international legal obligations. Crimea became a…

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Co-head of the Coordinating Council of internally displaced persons from Crimea Andriy Shchekun considers the resolution of the government that foresees a monthly addressed allowance for IDPs from the temporary occupied territory of Ukraine and antiterrorist operational areas a publicity move. Commenting on this situation, Andiy Shchekun claimed: “Authorities demonstrates populist’s slogans. No one has…

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While evidently overstating, Crimean statistics happily reports that 98% of Crimeans have already become owners of Russian passports. Really a lot of residents of the occupied peninsula had to take “red books” but not because they wanted it very much or they dreamed to become citizens of Russia all their live. They did it in…

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