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Russia

Russia demands answers from Washington on whether the US is facilitating terrorist attacks in Crimea, after NBC report

Posted on September 19, 2020September 19, 2020By Editor

Russia’s embassy in the US has demanded clarification after an unnamed American official was cited in a report stating that US forces are providing weapons to militant units in Crimea as they launch attacks on Russian troops. … Read More >Russia demands answers from Washington on whether the US is facilitating terrorist attacks in Crimea, after NBC report

Nearly 1.5 million tourists flock to Crimea after Russia eases coronavirus restrictions

Posted on August 10, 2020By Editor

Russia’s Crimea welcomed about 1.5 million tourists last month and expects to receive even more visitors in August amid the rush for post-lockdown seaside vacations. … Read More >Nearly 1.5 million tourists flock to Crimea after Russia eases coronavirus restrictions

Russia

Russian serviceman working in Crimea arrested for HIGH TREASON, accused of spying for Ukraine

Posted on August 1, 2020August 1, 2020By Editor

A serviceman from Russia’s Black Sea Fleet has been arrested by the country’s Federal Security Service (FSB) on suspicion of working for Ukrainian military intelligence. … Read More >Russian serviceman working in Crimea arrested for HIGH TREASON, accused of spying for Ukraine

World

Any chance Russia will join G7 again? Germany says ‘no,’ but admits Moscow’s help needed to put out flaming hotspots

Posted on July 28, 2020July 28, 2020By Editor

There’s “no chance” of Moscow returning to the elitist Group of Seven unless the Ukrainian conflict is solved, Berlin has said. But untying this and other knots is unimaginable without Russia’s helping hand, it admitted. … Read More >Any chance Russia will join G7 again? Germany says ‘no,’ but admits Moscow’s help needed to put out flaming hotspots

World

‘It can’t come close to happening again’: Biden tells Poroshenko in alleged 2016 call on Ukrainian sabotage operations in Crimea

Posted on July 10, 2020July 10, 2020By Editor

Petro Poroshenko acknowledged that Ukraine carried out a sabotage operation in Crimea but promised it would never happen again, in what appears to be a 2016 phone call with the then-US Vice President Joe Biden. … Read More >‘It can’t come close to happening again’: Biden tells Poroshenko in alleged 2016 call on Ukrainian sabotage operations in Crimea

Russia

Amazon fined by US government after Crimeans trick automatic sanction screening to get packages delivered

Posted on July 10, 2020July 10, 2020By Editor

The US Treasury Department has fined Amazon $134,523 for violating sanctions related to Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula reabsorbed by Russia in 2014. … Read More >Amazon fined by US government after Crimeans trick automatic sanction screening to get packages delivered

Russia

Russia launches railway cargo traffic across Crimean Bridge (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

Posted on July 2, 2020By Editor

Freight trains crossed the Crimean Bridge for the first time on Tuesday, marking the official launch of regular freight rail service along the 19-km link connecting the peninsula with mainland Russia. … Read More >Russia launches railway cargo traffic across Crimean Bridge (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

World

We got a complaint’: YouTube deletes channels focusing on Crimea & eastern Ukraine, cites ‘terms of use’ violation

Posted on May 21, 2020April 9, 2021By Editor

Google has unexpectedly wiped the channels of three Russian-speaking news outlets from its video service YouTube, explaining the decision to one of them by “terms of use violation.” … Read More >We got a complaint’: YouTube deletes channels focusing on Crimea & eastern Ukraine, cites ‘terms of use’ violation

USA

In major gaffe, US envoy MISTAKES Holocaust victims for Crimean Tatars… and he is NOT the first to do it

Posted on May 17, 2020May 17, 2020By Editor

A top US diplomat was left red-faced after using a picture of a Jewish ghetto in Poland as part of his post on the 1944 deportation of Crimean Tatars, a blunder described as “disgusting” and which also drew ridicule on him. … Read More >In major gaffe, US envoy MISTAKES Holocaust victims for Crimean Tatars… and he is NOT the first to do it

Op-ed

Washington Post breaks ranks with other US & UK media, ADMITS polls show Crimeans prefer to be part of Russia

Posted on March 20, 2020March 20, 2020By Editor

One of the curious things about Western media coverage of Crimea since 2014 has been the consistent narrative that Russia’s reabsorption of the peninsula was carried out against the will of locals. … Read More >Washington Post breaks ranks with other US & UK media, ADMITS polls show Crimeans prefer to be part of Russia