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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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“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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The youth public organization “Russian students’ teams” starts to function on the territory of the occupied peninsula. KrymMedia informs about that. Students, who “are offered a possibility to engage in an interesting activity outside of the classrooms”, are enlisted to the students’ teams. With this purpose, it is needed to fill an application, specifying the…

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The protest action “Crimea is part of Ukraine” has been held in front of the embassy of the Russian Federation in Kiev.  The initiators of the event, which are the center of public education “Almenda” and the “Coordination Council for organizations for internally displaced persons from Crimea”, advocated for liberation of the peninsula from the…

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The fact of the collection of signatures on a petition, which was directed against the city authorities was reported in Sevastopol. The press-service of the “government” of Sevastopol informs about that.   Thus, the report states that the housing association “Canyon” called to the citizens allegedly from the management team of the non-governmental organization North…

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The Russian bulk carrier Fort Azov sank in the Black Sea. It is reported in the Maritime Bulletin of Mikhail Voitenko. “There was a report that the bulk carrier Fort Azov sank near Sinop on the night of February 19, it seemed it had capsized,” the message says. The vessel that was carrying 3,000 tons…

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It was stated in Crimea that they are afraid of the “ideological subversion” from mainland Ukraine. The chairman of the Public Chamber Grigoriy Ioffe said about that at the joint meeting of the commission of “the Public Chamber” of Crimea on Social Matters, Public Health and Veterans’ Affairs. Thus, it is announced on the peninsula…

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