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A picture of the president Vladimir Putin sitting bare-chested on a woodpecker and a weasel appeared in the Network.  Initially, a photographer Martin Lemay depictured a flight of a weasel mounted on a woodpecker. According to the photographer, together with his wife they were walking along the Hornchurch Country Park, when the woman noticed some…

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Crimean Maidan activist Aleksandr Kostenko, who was detained on February 5, has informed he has been tortured in the Simferopol detention facility. It is stated on the website of the Crimean Field Mission on Human Rights. Aleksandr Kostenko, who is currently in the Simferopol pretrial facility, wrote an open letter, where he stated about constant…

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The State Fiscal Service (SFS) records the incidents of the rubles smuggling out of Crimea. The online media Delo informs about that. Thus, on February 25, the Kherson Customs of the SFS found undeclared currency at the customs post “Kakhovka”. When a HYUNDAI car running from Crimea to mainland Ukraine was getting through the customs,…

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A combatant of the “Azov” regiment Danyyil Novitskyy expressed his opinion that Russia would return Crimea but it would be in terrible condition in the interview for the program “Crimea. Time of occupation”. This is why Ukraine will have to invest tremendous funds for reconstruction of the peninsula. “We will not return Crimea by means…

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Almost 70% of the Ukrainians think that Crimea is the territory of Ukraine that has been annexed by the Russian Federation. Iryna Bekeshkina, the director of the “Democratic Initiative Foundation named after Ilko Kucheriv”, informed about that during the round-table meeting “Crimea – one year after the annexation. What’s next?” However, the same amount of…

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Russia will provide the Black Sea Fleet with warships and submarines in 2015.  The head of the information activities office of the Black Sea Fleet captain I rank Vyacheslav Trukhachev informed about that, the newspaper Sevastopolskaya Gazeta reports. Thus, a patrol warship of 1135.6 Project “Admiral Grigorovich”, two new diesel-electric submarines of 636.3 Project “Novorossiysk”…

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“The authorities” of Simferopol, Sudak, Feodosia and Armyansk together with the representatives of the Simferopol and Crimean eparchy of the Orthodox Church collected and sent another batch of humanitarian aid to the South-East of Ukraine. The press-service of the Simferopol city “administration” informs about that. “It is extremely important for the administration of the Crimean…

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The American company Electronic Arts (EA) blocked the access to its games and also to the Origin digital distribution store for the Crimean users. Krym Media informs about that. Starting the end of February, the Crimeans, who purchased licensed copies of Battlefield 4, FIFA 15, The Sims 4 and other games, can’t get access to…

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On March 1, the Resolution No. 23 of the Cabinet of Ministers dated January 30, which changed the procedure of entry for the Russian citizens into the territory of Ukraine, came into force. According to the State Border Guard Service, the citizens of the Russian Federation have a right to enter Ukraine only with a…

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According to the information of the Crimean Field Mission on Human Rights (CFMHR), only 11 religions communities have been reregistered by the Russian legislation. The information is presented on the CFMHR official website. “Prior to establishment of jurisdiction of Russia, there were over 2000 church communities on the peninsula. More than 1400 of them were…

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