Read the beginning of the article here “Crimea is ours” but it is better to go on vacation to Cyprus In spite of ‘flag-waving’ and calls to go on vacation to ‘our’ Crimea, the Russians are not in a hurry to go to the peninsula. Although, according to the All-Russian Public Opinion Research Center’s survey,…
Unique natural and climatic characteristics provide Crimea with a resort reputation since Soviet times. The tourist flow on the peninsula didn’t stop even during the difficult 1990s. The Crimean tourist business is facing, perhaps, the most challenging time: the Ukrainians don’t go to the peninsula and the Russians can’t provide a number of tourists necessary…
The Crimean peninsula is rich not only with gentle sunshine, warm sea, sandy beaches with healthy air, but also with large reserves of mineral resources, the development of which always brought significant incomes. After the annexation, Russia appropriated peninsula’s natural resources and created conditions for an unprecedented plunder of mineral resources. What resources is the…
One of the most serious problems for occupied Crimea is a fresh water shortage. Termination of the Dnieper water supply through the North Crimean Canal immediately after the annexation aggravated the peninsula’s water supply problem dramatically. In 2014, they used the Dnieper water reserves and drilled deep-water wells, in 2015 – heavy rains in May…
Sergey Marchenko Ukrainian sanctions against Crimea Air communication between mainland Ukraine and Crimea was stopped when “men in green” have occupied Crimean airports. In March, Kiev officially closed the airports of Crimea. In accordance with the UN resolution on non-recognition of results of the Crimean “referendum”, the ICAO (International Civil Aviation Organization) continues to…
Sergey Marchenko In March, there was the second anniversary of the annexation of Crimea by Russia. These 24 months have dramatically changed the life of the Crimean people: problems with water and electricity took people living on the peninsula back to the cave-dwelling times, integration into the Russian legal field became a serious challenge –…
When Russia annexed the Ukrainian Crimea in spring 2014, Moscow has promised real wonders to its population: to build the roads, repair schools and kindergartens and restore enterprises. Crimeans listened these honey words enthusiastically expecting a comfortable life. But time is moving on, and the life of those people who participated in the referendum flying…
It is impossible to forecast the further situation development in Crimea without taking into account the actual state of things on the peninsula. Russia occupied and then annexed Crimea in the course of military intervention. As a result, the Russian Federation provides the peninsula not only with own legislation, but also with its practical application,…
Olga Efimova Crimea was an active participant in the international trade before the annexation – its trade turnover was estimated at billions of dollars and the number of partner-countries was over one hundred. Today the situation has changed dramatically: due to the Western sanctions against the occupied peninsula, the trade turnover as well as…
Irina Sedina Everything somehow related to Ukraine is replaced on the peninsula under various excuses after the annexation of Crimea by Russia. In spite of the fact that according to the Constitution, there are three state languages – Russian, Ukrainian and Crimean Tatar – in the “Republic of Crimea”, a number of authority agencies…
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A number of HIV-infected persons is increasing annually by 10-12% in Crimea
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Climent: Moscow Patriarchate tries to take away the building of Ukrainian church in Crimea
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Ukrainian people’s deputies in the struggle for occupied Crimea
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Sevastopol “government”: the level of corruption in the city reached 75%
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“Krymstat”: a third of enterprises in Crimea are loss making
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A “Minister”: Medical centers of Crimea are staffed by doctors only by one third
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In Crimea, the number of road traffic victims increased by 50% over the period of annexation
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Supported NGO «The Crimea Center of Business and Cultural Cooperation «Ukrainian House» within the framework of the project "Return of the Crimea."In the Crosshairs" of the society" by the Media Development Fund of the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine. The views of the authors do not necessarily reflect the official position of the U.S. Government.
The Crimean Centre for Business and Cultural Cooperation ‘Ukrainian House’, founded in 1999 and until recently based in Simferopol, Crimea before being forced to flee, is creating an information centre `Voice of Crimea’. The centre will cover the developments in Crimea through a web platform and daily TV programme ‘Pod Pritselom’ [In the spotlight], as well as a weekly analytical programme `Voice of Crimea’, broadcast in Russian, Ukrainian and English. EED support comes at an early phase and will complement other start-up funding.