Section: Special sections
Dzhemilev says occupation authorities may deport his wife from Crimea if she rejects Russian citizenship
The Ukrainian president`s envoy to the Crimean Tatar people and Crimean Tatar leader, Ukrainian MP Mustafa Dzhemilev says that his wife is threatened to be expelled from Crimea if she fails to obtain a Russian passport, according to a Ukrainian online news outlet Obozrevatel. ”We`ll talk to a lawyer, we`ll think of what can be done. But they may...
Russian court to hear 1st case against Russian citizen fighting for Ukraine
The Investigative Committee of the Russian Federation has forwarded a criminal case against the Russian citizen Artyom Shyrobokov, who is fighting in Donbas on the side of Ukraine, the Committee press service has told UNIAN. ”The investigation into the criminal case against citizen of the Russian Federation Artyom Shyrobokov was completed. The...
Russia`s head of Crimea Aksyonov calls to establish monarchy in Russia
Russia needs a monarchy as a new form of government, according to Russian-occupied Crimea`s ”leader” Sergey Aksyonov`s statement voiced on the air of 1st Crimean TV channel. ”When there is no one-man command, collective irresponsibility sets in. Therefore, when the country sees external challenges and external hotbeds of resistance, it is...
Ukraine PM praises Turkey`s move to ban its ships from entering occupied Crimea
Turkey`s decision to ban any Turkish vessel from entering the occupied Crimea is a powerful signal and a proof of comradeship between Ukraine and the Republic of Turkey, Prime Minister of Ukraine Volodymyr Groysman told a joint press point on the results of the meeting with Prime Minister of Turkey Binali Yildirim. ”Today, on the day of the visit...
Ukraine has right to ban Russian participant – Eurovision Director
The Ukrainian authorities can decide themselves, within the current legislation, on admission contestant from Russia Yulia Samoilova to the Eurovision-2017, the director of the song contest Jon Ola Sand told a Kyiv press conference, according to QHA news agency citing ZN.UA. ”We fully respect and understand the laws of Ukraine, but we at the...
Fighting ”non-stop” – Ukraine`s Defense Ministry on escalation in Donbas
On Sunday, hostilities near the town of Avdiyivka lasted more than 10 hours, and on the eastern outskirts of Mariupol – around-the-clock, speaker for the ATO at Ukraine`s Defense Ministry Andriy Lysenko told a briefing, according to an UNIAN correspondent. According to him, in the Luhansk sector, the enemy in the last day continued with their...
Russia`s Sberbank limits cash withdrawals in Ukraine
PJSC Sberbank has imposed restrictions on cash withdrawal through the bank`s cash desk in the amount of UAH 30,000 or the equivalent of this amount in foreign currency per day for any client, according to the bank`s press service. The press office of Sberbank of Russia`s subsidiary in Ukraine said that temporary restrictions were caused by a...
Activists of London Euromaidan picket Akhmetov`s residence in London
Participants of London Euromaidan public movement rallied outside the house owned by Ukrainian oligarch Rinat Akhmetov at One Hyde Park, 100 Knightsbridge London. Activists demanded that the UK authorities verify whether the orligarch`s revenues have a legal origin, based on the UK anti-bribery law (UK Bribery Act) and the Counter-Terrorism Act,...
Decisions of Arbitration in The Hague on Ukrainian assets in Crimea mandatory for Russia – lawyer
The decisions of the Arbitration Tribunal in The Hague of February 24 on the protection of Ukrainian assets in annexed Crimea in the case of Airport Belbek and Igor Kolomoysky vs the Russian Federation, as well as in the case of PJSC CB PrivatBank and Finance Company Finilon vs the Russian Federation, are mandatory for Russia. ”Russia will no...
Member of the UK House of Lords Richard Balfe calls occupied Crimea ”historical part of Russia”: Ukraine embassy seeks explanations
The Embassy of Ukraine in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland expects explanations from a member of the UK House of Lords Richard Balfe (Conservative Party), regarding his statement claiming Crimea is a historic part of Russia. The diplomatic mission took into consideration Balfe`s statement in an interview with the Russian...