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…
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 –…
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,…
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…
Evgeniya Goryunova The shorthand report of the RNBO meeting dated February 28, 2014, where the fate of Crimea was discussed, was declassified in Ukraine. The participants of the meeting offered different options – starting from imposing the martial law to the negotiations with the local “elite”. Could Ukraine at the moment to keep the Crimea?…
The Crimean theme always was of key importance in the Petro Poroshenko’s political activity, starting from his visit to Simferopol at the very beginning of the annexation and ending with his New Year’s address to the Ukrainian people, when greetings were said in the Crimean Tatar language as well. However, Crimean problematic was almost neglected…
The problem of the current state of the Ukrainians on the territory of occupied Crimea was a matter of fierce debate during the round table “The impact of temporary occupation on the Ukrainians of Crimea: assimilation pressure and forced migration” that was held in Kyiv on June 22, 2015. Different expert opinions can be combined…
The Ministry of Property and Land Relations of Crimea initiated an auction, the item of which was the leasing of the current Crimean Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of the Kyivan Patriarchate premise (CD of UOC-KP). The starting price of the premise with a total area of 112.6 m2 located at 17, Sevastopolskaya…
It has been a year since migrants from Crimea had adopted, probably, the historic document – the appeal to the supreme authorities of the country with the request to provide rights of IDPs – during their first all-Ukrainian Congress. What was achieved within one year and what requests remained unfulfilled? What kind of problems did…
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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.