“Crimea’s history is long and tangled. It is today under Russian control, as it has been — sometimes as an autonomous region, sometimes as a part of the Soviet Union […]
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Russia is losing $30 bln a year due to the occupation of Crimea
Russia is losing at least $30 billion every year due to the investment climate that has followed its annexation of Crimea, economist Sergei Guriev said in an interview published Monday. […]
Russia continues to steal Crimean artifacts
To preserve cultural heritage sites in the occupied Crimea, the monitoring of a UNESCO special mission and prompt response to all violations committed by Russia are needed. “It is critically […]
Russia violates religious freedom in occupied areas of Ukraine
The United States criticized the Kremlin’s persecution of religious minorities both in the territory of the Russian Federation and in the occupied areas of Donbas and in Crimea. This is […]
Occupants refuse to register the representative office of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church
The occupying “Russian Federation Justice Ministry Directorate in Crimea” refused to register the religious organization of Ukrainian Orthodox Parish of Volodymyr of Kyiv and Olha of Kyiv at the request […]
Russia has been using disorientation technology in the Black Sea since 2016
According to a recent study by the American non-governmental organization, C4ADS, the Russian Federation has used disorientation technology on GPS/GNSS satellite navigation systems in the Black Sea some 10,000 times […]
Russia is spending $4 bln on occupation of Crimea and Donbas annually
Russia spends $4 billion a year on maintenance of the occupation regimes in Crimea and Donbas, reports Ukrinform. “These days, Russia spends more than $4 billion a year on the […]
EU urges Russia to stop searches in Crimea and release detainees
The European Union expects Russia to immediately stop searches in the houses of the Crimean Tatars and provide legal protection to all those, who have been detained illegally, writes Ukrinform. […]
U.S. approves bill prohibiting recognition of Crimea as part of Russia
Members of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the U.S. House of Representatives have unanimously approved a bill that prohibits the U.S. government from recognizing Crimea as part of Russia. This […]
Google is bending to Russia’s pressure
Amid threats of being suspended in Russia, Google has become embroiled in a series of disputes with the Kremlin that may be causing the international technology company to bend to […]
