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“Security experts” monitoring the employees and sending reports to the FSB are working in Crimean hospitals now. Crimean medical workers speak about that, the Hromadske radio informs. One of the hospital doctors told journalists that he already had a conversation with security officials because of his pro-Ukrainian views. The doctor says that his colleague squealed…

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Occupied Crimea had the most active trade with Ukraine in January-March 2016. The Krymstat provided such data as of the first quarter of 2016. In particular, Ukraine considered as a foreign trade partner by occupants accounts for 46% of total exports from Crimea ($3.4 million).   Products from Crimea are also exported to Turkey (24.8%), India…

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The foreign trade turnover of occupied Crimea decreased by 2.5 times in the first quarter of 2016. The Krymstat statistics agency reports about that. In particular, Crimea exported $7.5 million worth of goods and imported $9.9 million worth of goods in January-March 2016. The total foreign trade turnover of the peninsula amounted to $17.4 million….

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Four items of the nationalized property of the Privat group owned by the Ukrainian businessman Igor Kolomoyskiy were sold by auction in Crimea. The press service of the ‘Ministry’ of Property and Land Relations of Crimea reports about that. “The budget of the Republic of Crimea was increased by 245.7 million rubles from the sale…

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The number of political prisoners that will be accused of involvement in terrorist activities by occupation authorities will increase in Crimea in the near future. The human rights defender Mariya Tokmak said that at a press conference, Interfax-Ukraine reports. “The number of political prisoners will increase in Crimea in the near future. We know about…

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Crimean ‘authorities’ reported that more than a million tourists have already arrived to the occupied peninsula. We tried to find them on embankments and beaches of resort towns.   A report on the number of tourists in Crimea is represented with photos taken with webcams broadcast screenshots. Photographs were taken on June 14 in the period…

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The Sevastopol ‘court’ ordered the Crimean Diocese of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church Kyiv Patriarchate (UOC-KP) to vacate some of church’s premises and pay a fine.  The Archbishop Kliment of Simferopol and Crimea told about that to the Golos Kryma information agency. The Sevastopol Court of Appeal delivered this judgement and obliged the Crimean Diocese of…

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Ukrainian border guards imposed administrative sanctions on 253 foreigners for illegal entry to temporarily occupied Crimea in January-May 2016. The press service of the State Border Guard Service of Ukraine (GPSU) reported about that.  “We imposed liability on 12% more foreigners (253 persons) over 5 months this year than over the past year (225). Most…

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Russia stopped funding the construction of a bridge over the Kerch strait.  Forbes informs about that. According to the magazine, the last tranche in the amount of 65.4 billion rubles was transferred to the contractor – the “Stroygasmontazh” company in December 2015. It is impossible to make the payment of 65.4 billion rubles this year…

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The Russian Federation is increasing its military presence in Crimea by deploying the army and military equipment on the occupied peninsula. The Representative of the Main Directorate of Intelligence of the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine Vadim Skibitskiy reported about this fact at the briefing, the Pod Pritselom correspondent informs. According to the HUR, the…

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