Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the annexation of the territories occupied in Ukraine. He signed the relevant decrees during the "ceremony of joining new territories." "Referendums" were held in the occupied Ukrainian territories from 23 to 27 September. At the same time, residents of the regions shared details on social networks ...
The Speaker of the Estonian Parliament Henn Põlluaas said: Russia illegally seized part of their territory, which is now part of the Leningrad and Pskov regions, and must return them. They say that the Tartu Peace Treaty (concluded in 1920) is still in force, according to which the territory ...
11 years ago, Moscow recognized the independence of the two separatist regions of Georgia. The United States and five European countries celebrated the 11th anniversary of the conflict between Russia and Georgia, urging Moscow to fulfill the agreements reached in 2008 and withdraw its troops to positions that were ...
Almost 1,8 million Ukrainians became internally displaced due to the armed aggression of Russia, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said during a speech at the UN General Assembly on the topic of refugees and migrants. According to the press service of the President of Ukraine, according to Poroshenko, external aggression and sponsored ...
Russian President Vladimir Putin decided to abolish the Crimean Federal District, created after the annexation of Crimea from Ukraine. Now the Crimean territorial units have actually become part of the Southern Federal District of Russia. The Kremlin explained this by “increasing the efficiency of the activities of federal government bodies.” IN…
US presidential candidate from the Republican Party Donald Trump said that if he wins the elections, he is ready to consider the official recognition of Crimea as Russian territory, as well as the possible lifting of US sanctions against Russia. German journalist Marike Aden, who works in the US, wrote ...
The prosecutor's office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea, located in Ukraine, opened a criminal case against the American companies Coca-Cola and PEPSI in connection with the publication of maps on which Crimea is included in the Russian Federation. A Verkhovna Rada deputy from the “People's Front” announced this on his Facebook...
Ukraine stopped supplying electricity to Crimea after the Kakhovka-Titan power transmission line was turned off due to another accident on the line. According to Crimean officials, Evpatoria and a number of other cities and towns in the north-west of Crimea were de-energized. Later, Ukrenergo representative Zinoviy Butsio said that a second attempt to turn on the power lines...
The head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, said that he and the inhabitants of the peninsula annexed by Russia did not intend to recognize the existence of the United States of America. The words of the Crimean governor, quoted by the TASS news agency, came in response to the speech of US Vice President Joseph Biden in the Verkhovna Rada. Biden, who visited Ukraine, said during his visit that ...
After unknown persons blew up power line towers in the Kherson region of Ukraine on November 22, Crimea annexed by Russia was left without electricity. According to the Meduza portal, after the power outage, the number of views of Russian websites by Crimean Internet users fell sharply. As Forum reported, activists in the Kherson region, among whom Crimean Tatars predominate, blocked repair...