The Russian Society for the Protection of Consumer Rights (OZPP) recommended that Russian citizens obtain permission from the Ukrainian authorities to enter Crimea. This is stated in the corresponding memo posted on the organization's website. The NGO, in its memo, referring to the norms of international law, names Crimea and Sevastopol ...
On June 19, the Council of the European Union extended the sanctions imposed by the European Union last year in response to Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea until June 23, 2016. The sanctions, as the message says, “include a ban on the import of goods into the European Union, ...
“Just six years ago, President Vladimir Putin visited the Polish port of Gdansk, the birthplace of the Solidarity movement that overthrew Soviet rule, and reassured his Eastern European neighbors of Russia's exceptionally friendly intentions,” writes Los Angeles Times columnist Carol J. Williams. In that…
An exhibition was held in Crimea, which vacationers most likely bypassed. In the most famous hotel in Yalta, undertakers from all over Russia demonstrated their goods. Among the exhibitors there are products from Moscow, St. Petersburg, Yekaterinburg, Krasnodar, Smolensk and other cities of the Russian Federation. Also, there were ...
An exhibition of coffins and funeral accessories will be held in Yalta, the website of the exhibition organizers reports. The event will take place on June 10-11 at the Yalta-Intourist hotel, in the Khrustalny hall. In total, about 100 companies from St. Petersburg, Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Rostov-on-Don, Smolensk and other cities will present their products. ...
The United States has secretly created a special “loophole” in its sanctions against Russia, reports Bloomberg. “This was done to allow the export of communication software to Crimea, so that Crimeans could go online and gradually destroy the control over information that the Kremlin is trying to establish,” the journalists explain...
The Ambassador of the Jewish State in Kyiv, Eliav Belotserkovsky, said that Jerusalem fully supports the territorial integrity of Ukraine and does not recognize the annexation of Crimea. At the same time, the Israeli diplomat noted that his country does not plan to join Western sanctions against Russia. "We are completely...
The US Treasury Department has clarified the procedure for applying the sanctions imposed on Crimea. This was reported on the agency's website. It is about using software and Internet services. According to the text of the license, a number of network functions are removed from the sanctions. Sharing data with individuals ...
Military historian and consultant Edward Luttwack says that a few weeks before the occupation of Crimea by the Russian army, he was invited to a dinner party in London: “Among the guests was my good friend from Moscow, who has good connections in the highest echelons of the Russian government. Completely open and ...
A Crimean “entrepreneur” from Sevastopol gathers groups for food shopping trips to mainland Ukraine. A trip to buy food will cost residents of occupied Crimea 2,5 thousand rubles. ($51) According to an ad from a Crimean, those wishing to go on a “gourmet tour” are gathered at night in Sevastopol and…