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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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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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Police officers and OMON were sent in the Crimean resort village Partenit (Greater Alushta). Your Newspaper reports about that. It is noted that law enforcement officers arrived in Partenit by two busses having a “work assignment”. They will carry out a planning exercise on preventing violations of law and crimes in the village as well…

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The international Visa and MasterCard payment cards are operating in Crimea, but mostly on intra-Russian cards.  The director of the National Payment Card System (NPCS) Vladimir Komlev reported that, the “RIA Novosti (Krym)” informed. “Now we know that if the card of the international one, that is the problem. However, if we are talking about…

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Tons of garbage may fall on Greater Yalta unless protective works are undertaken on the municipal solid waste landfill (MSW) in Gaspra in the near future.   The chairman of the Crimean Republican Association “Ecology and Peace” Viktor Tsarenko said in the interview with the Komsomolskaya Pravda newspaper. “The landfill is located in the landslide…

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68 offenses recorded in occupied Crimea in March 68 offenses occurred in occupied Crimea in March 2016. The Crimean Tatar resource center reported about that on its Facebook page. “68 offenses were recorded for a month. The searches, detentions, intimidation and various bans are routinely occurred in Crimea,” the report says. There are numerous searches of…

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Russian blogger called Alushta hell  While travelling over the Crimean cities, the Russian blogger Ilya Varlamov strongly criticized the resort Alushta, which, in his opinion, “embodied all the worst that could happen with the former Soviet resort” for 25 years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. He wrote about this in his blog. “Alushta…

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Almost 22 thousand people moved from Crimea to mainland for two years of occupation Almost 22 thousand people moved from Crimea to mainland Ukraine during the period of occupation. The Representative of the Ombudsman for observance of the rights of internally displaced persons Zhanna Lukyanenko said about that at the press conference in Kiev.  “As…

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Crimea is at the bottom of Russian living standard rating According to the Russian rating agency “RIA-Rating”, Crimea is at the bottom of the living standard list among the regions of the Russian Federation on a year-on-year basis in 2015.  According to the rating, Crimea ranks 76th out of 85 regions, Sevastopol takes the 71st…

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