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In Sevastopol, a number of deaths exceeded a number of births by 227 people during the first quarter. This is evidenced by the Sevastopolstat data. In particular, 1317 children were born in the hero-city during the first three month of 2016, representing an increase of 93 children compared to the same period of 2015. At…

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The prosecutor’s office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea conducts the pre-trial investigation into the genocide of Crimean Tatar people and the Ukrainian law provides for the maximum punishment for that. The deputy prosecutor of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Petr Kovalenko said that at a press conference arranged to coincide with the Remembrance Day…

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More than two-thirds of providers operating in occupied Crimea get Internet traffic from mainland Ukraine because it is much cheaper than the Russian one. Rossiyskaya gazeta newspaper’s journalists informed about this fact quoted the sources in Crimea. “About two-thirds of operators in the CFD (“Crimean Federal District” – editor’s note) are technically registered in the…

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Most migrants who moved to Crimea in the first quarter of 2016 are people from other regions of Ukraine and the Russian Federation. The Krymstat monitoring provides this information.  In particular, the number of external migrants who came to the peninsula was 7,000 people in January-March 2016. 3.3 thousand people of them (47.3%) are migrants…

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In occupied Crimea, the doctors massively leave the state-financed medical facilities because of low salaries. The Crimea advocacy group informs about that. According to human rights defenders, the doctor’s monthly salary in the hospital includes a position salary and a so called incentive payment.  “The nurse receives 5-6 thousand rubles plus incentive payments of up…

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The national Crimean Tatar Hıdırellez, which is the holiday of spring and fertility, took place under the patronage of the occupation “authorities” of the Bakhchisaray raion of Crimea.     The celebration began at 10 am and, according to occupation media, attracted not less than 25 000 guests, including representatives of national communities of Crimea. “There…

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In occupied Simferopol, emergency medical personnel are complaining about the wage cut by a third. It should be noted that if ambulance drivers got 19-22 thousand rubles (6600-7600 hryvnas at the NBU exchange rate – editors’ note) at the beginning of the year, then the salary for April amounted only to 8-13 thousand rubles (2800-4500…

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Sevastopol “authorities” are concerned about actions of Russian troops on the territory of the reserve of Tauric Chersonesos, who, probably, embedded an ancient manor in concrete. The “chief” of the department for Protection of Cultural Heritage Sites Denis Protsenko said about that at the session of the City “Legislative Assembly”, as reported by the press…

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The “Supreme Court” of occupied Crimea ordered to recognize the Majlis of the Crimean Tatar people as an extremist organization and banned its activity.  Kryminform reports about that. “The lawsuit of the Prosecutor of the Republic of Crimea against a certain circle of people should be satisfied. The organization called the Majlis of the Crimean…

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Russia recognized cargo and passenger transportation on the Black Sea through Crimean ports unprofitable, with the exception of the Kerch ferry line.  The head of the International marine business forum SIMBF Aleksey Malko announced that at the press conference, as reported by Kryminform.   “Our ports are not developed because of the sanctions and logistics….

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