Crimea
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The Prosecutor's Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea opened criminal proceedings in connection with the elections to the State Duma on the peninsula (p.2 of article 110 of…
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Russia's Armed Forces from the occupied Crimea are unlikely to be used against Ukraine in a ground operation. The task of group deployed on the peninsula are attacks from the air and…
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The Foreign Ministry of Ukraine points to the "choosy" Russian perception of international law and labels Russia's statements "an oxymoron", the ministry's spokeswoman Mariana Betz…
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The Ukrainian parliament has made a statement to the parliaments of foreign states, parliamentary assemblies and international organisations regarding the elections to the State Duma…
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The occupation authorities of Crimea released on 7 September the Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Ilmi Umerov from Simferopol psychiatric hospital, Umerov's…
- International human rights organization Amnesty International demanded Russia to release the Deputy Chairman of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People Ilmi Umerov, who is being held…
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The Kremlin sees Duma elections in Crimea as a way to secure the annexed peninsula as part of Russia. The West will have to decide on the legitimacy of the Russian parliament which will include
representatives of the territory whose occupation…
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Ukraine's state-run Oschadbank (Savings Bank) on 26 August filed a claim against Russia for the recovery of over 1bn dollars due to losses incurred following the illegal occupation…
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To understand where Ukrainian foreign policy is heading, it is worth looking at the paths chosen by each of the country’s five presidents.
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President Petro Poroshenko has said Ukraine was not given independence 25 years ago, it "won it by intelligence, sweat, and our blood".
He was speaking at the military parade in Kyiv…
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After Russian troops occupied the Crimean peninsula two years ago, the Kyiv government moved to block trade at
all commercial ports.
- Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko had a phone conversation with US Vice President Joe Biden on Friday evening to discuss ways to end Crimea occupation and the implementation of…
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Ukraine has strongly objected to the dispatch of a CIS observation mission to State Duma elections in Crimea, and the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry filed a relevant note with the CIS…
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Moscow is planning to use the CIS observation mission at the elections to the State Duma to legalise the occupation of Crimea: by recognising the results of voting in Crimea, the CIS will de jure
recognise the illegal occupation of the peninsula…