Politics


Ahtem Chiygoz, the deputy chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar people, who is in the Simferopol pretrial detention center, was transferred to a punishment cell in reaction to going on hunger strike. The deputy head of the Mejlis Nariman Dzhelyalov wrote about that on his Facebook page. “As the Ahtem Chiygoz’s spouse Elmira…

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In Crimea, the Federal Migration Service announced about receiving applications from local residents considering their unwillingness to hold citizenship of Ukraine. E-Krym informs about that. Human rights activists note that the FSB of Russia works through the FMS in Crimea. “The FSB works through the FMS of the Russian Federation. They try to collect lists…

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According to the government decree No.415-r, the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine excluded sea ports located on the territory of Crimea from the list of ports that are opened for foreign vessels. The government website reports about that. Sevastopol, Evpatoria, Yalta, Feodosiya and Kerch ports were excluded from the list. The Cabinet has also obliged…

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Bogutskaya started to receive letters from the FSB of Russia in Crimea. She informed about that on her page in Facebook. “Letters in fine handwriting from the FSB of Russia in Crimea inform me that there is no entry exclusion to Crimea for me. Another letter from Moscow tells me that no case is conducted…

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“The FSB border guard” of Crimea acquired the first battleship of the “Izumrud” project that is capable to carry a helicopter from Russia. TASS informs about that. Displacement of the new ship is about 700 tons. “Considering its displacement, operational and physical characteristics, this ship will serve in the economical zone and in the continental…

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Employers forced some local citizens of Simferopol to go to the May Day march. QHA informs about that. “Not everyone came here on a voluntary basis, administration sent us to the parade, threatening to deprive us of the “bonus” money,” an education sphere employee from Simferopol says.   Prior, it was reported that 35 thousand…

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After the occupation, Crimea turned into the territory, which is full of fear and where there are no mechanisms to protect rights of people, who continue to resist the occupation authorities. This is the taking points the authors of the publication “The Fear Peninsula: Chronicle of Occupation and Violation of Human Rights in Crimea” expressed…

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The Arbitration court of Crimea transferred the building of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People located in Simferopol to the state. The first “vice chairman of the Committee for Protection of Cultural Heritage” of Crimea Vyacheslav Zarubin informed about that, TASS reports.  “Last week we won the first-instance court case on the confiscation of…

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Visa and MasterCard international payment services still don’t work in Crimea. RIA Novosti (Crimea) informs about that.  Yesterday the mass media reported that cardholders can use their cards in the occupied peninsula after launching the Russian national payment system. The correspondents decided to check this information and tried to withdraw money from ATM of the…

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Crimean “prime-minister” Sergey Aksenov instructed to suspend construction works for the holiday season in the towns on the sea, near the health resort facilities. The press-service of the Crimean “Council of Ministers” informs about that.    “It is necessary to stop all construction activities near embankments and recreation facilities. This order refers to all towns…

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