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Embankment of the Salgir River in Simferopol is in disrepair while being unsafe for people. Activists of the Crimean branch of the All-Russia People’s Front (ONF) who inspected the embankment together with journalists came to this conclusion, the organization’s press service informs.  Illegal dumps, bridges and tracks in disrepair, a lack of fences were recorded,…

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In Sevastopol, 19 of 52 recreation destinations by the water are not ready for the summer season.  The acting head of the civil protection department Igor Vasilyev said that at the operational meeting of the Sevastopol government on Monday, July 6.  “17 territories, including 4 city beaches, out of 52 public recreation places by the…

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Russian authorities of Crimea hope to improve the results of the holiday season on the peninsula by strengthening measures to ensure public order. This was discussed during the session of the permanent coordination meeting of law enforcement in Crimea. As the press service of the Crimean Russian government reports, the Plenipotentiary Representative of the President…

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A charity concert to help young and talented migrants from eastern Ukraine and Crimea took place in Washington. The Crimean girl of nine Christina Mihaylichenko performed at the concert. The charity concert under the direction of the Ukrainian European pianist Dmitry Sukhovienko was organized with the support of various non-governmental organizations of the USA that…

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Starting from today, July 3, the fare for intercity transport owned by the Krymavtotrans company will be tripled. The press service of the SUE “Krymavtotrans” informs about that.  The fare increase is coming from concluding a new agreement between the “State Committee on prices and tariffs of the Republic of Crimea”, the Crimean “Ministry” of…

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The Investigative Department of the Russia’s FSB Office in Crimea and Sevastopol initiated and now investigates a criminal case against the director of the branch of the SUE Krymskie morskie porty Yalta Trade Port Dmitry Petrov. Kryminform reports about that.  According to the information that the FSB press service provided the media, the port director…

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Emergency services and municipal enterprises of the Crimean capital were put in the high alert regime in connection with the possible cessation of electricity supply from the mainland Ukraine to Crimea. The press service of the Simferopol “administration” informs about that. The city vital infrastructure facilities are equipped with backup independent power supply sources (diesel…

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In Crimea, electricity, water and gas tariffs are increased for the population starting from July 1. Gas rates increased by 10% for those consumers, who use less than 6 thousand cubic meters of gas a year, and now amount to 3225 rubles per thousand cubic meters of gas (1213 hryvnyas at the NBU exchange rate)….

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Last week the Ukrainian Cultural Centre started the project to collect Ukrainian books in Simferopol. It is planned to create the First Ukrainian public library on the peninsula.   “Today Crimea is sorely in need of dictionaries, reference books, encyclopedias, technical and popular scientific publications, the literature of Ukrainian classic and modern authors,” the activist Leonid…

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The water park “Banana Republic” located in Evpatoriya is empty. Photos showing that the facility is not spoiled by tourists appeared in Twitter. Photographs were published by the user account Veritas victoriam.   

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