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. …
Status of non-recognition brought serious economic problems such as decline in manufacturing output, desertion of agriculturally used areas, drastic reduction of transport connection and external trade, absence of foreign investment to the three republics of the post-soviet space (Abkhazia, Transdniestria and South Ossetia). The very same sad fate is probably waiting for Crimea, which even…
The meeting of the Verkhovna Rada was arranged for the evening of March 2. The draft laws of the Cabinet of Ministers mainly focused on filling the country’s budget, which already comes unglued, appeared on the agenda. But the deputies failed to start in time: the colleagues of Oleg Lyashko in the Radical Party blocked…
Military activity in Donbass has noticeable declined but the tension remains. Russia continues to look for the weak links of the European Union and threatens to stop the natural gas supplies to Ukraine. The UN Security Council heard the report of the OSCE representatives regarding implementation of the Minsk agreements and the Congress of the…
The Crimean winemakers reviewed the last year’s results by February, shed a few tears and thought of the future that after all looks gloomy: a lack of funding, inability to sell the finished product, change of the administration and visits of the Crimean “self-defense forces” to wineries do not give much cause for optimism. …
Peace in Ukraine still hasn’t come a week after the Normandy format agreements in Minsk. Each party interprets the agreements reached in its own way. The United Nations Security Council adopts a resolution on Ukraine while Debaltseve is attacked by fire. Russia is looking for allies in Europe and Ukraine is asking the West to…
The keynote of the Crimean mass media was defined by two factors last week: the search for “a fifth column”, introduction of a term “creative class” to the masses and another positive news that “the building will save Crimea” from the speaker-constructor of “the State Council” Vladimir Konstantinov. Against the background of the coming anniversary…
Our train from Kiev arrives to the half-empty train station of Slovyansk at half past 7 in the morning. People unhurriedly get out of the carriages: mostly these are elder women with the fabled plaid bags. Packs of dogs, which are chased by employees of the station from time to time, run along the tracks….
When the Russian troops entered the territory of South Ossetia for “provision of fraternal assistance” and pacification of Georgia in August 2008, experts started to say that Crimea was going to be the next one. These words became prophetic. Back in 2008 as well as in 2014 the world responded by a deep concern to…
On February 20, 2015, it will be a deadline for Ukrainian pupils to register for the External Independent Testing (EIT). However, the country’s Ministry of Education has decided to extend the registration period for the high-school graduates from the temporarily occupied territories and conduct the testing itself for the IDPs as separate examination. Terms…
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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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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.