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Russia Detains 4 Members of Hizb ut-Tahrir Terror Group in Crimea – FSB

Posted on March 11, 2020March 11, 2020By Editor

Russian security services have busted a cell of the Hizb ut-Tahrir terror group in Crimea and detained four of its members, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Wednesday. … Read More >Russia Detains 4 Members of Hizb ut-Tahrir Terror Group in Crimea – FSB

Russia

Russia to build billion-dollar highway to Crimea: next part of $7.7 billion road-links project

Posted on February 25, 2020February 25, 2020By Editor

When Russians go on vacation, the two most popular destinations are Crimea and the Krasnodar region. However, getting from one to the other has never been an easy task. … Read More >Russia to build billion-dollar highway to Crimea: next part of $7.7 billion road-links project

World

Pompeo drops Kiev bombshell, says ‘Crimea is lost & will remain Russian’ – Ukrainian media

Posted on February 5, 2020February 5, 2020By Editor

US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo won’t be winning Ukraine’s ‘friend of the year’ award. A week after he told an NPR reporter that Americans don’t care about the country, he allegedly told a Kiev audience to forget about Crimea. … Read More >Pompeo drops Kiev bombshell, says ‘Crimea is lost & will remain Russian’ – Ukrainian media

Russia

Churchill sightseeing in Crimea and FDR saluting the flag: Russia declassifies PHOTOS taken ahead of 1945 Yalta conference

Posted on February 1, 2020February 1, 2020By Editor

As part of a WWII document trove declassified ahead of the 75th anniversary of the Yalta summit, never before seen photographs show US and British leaders and officers arriving in Crimea and touring Sevastopol with Soviet hosts. … Read More >Churchill sightseeing in Crimea and FDR saluting the flag: Russia declassifies PHOTOS taken ahead of 1945 Yalta conference

Regular railway freight transport across new Crimea Bridge will start from July

Posted on January 10, 2020January 10, 2020By Editor

Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Friday that regular freight rail services via the 19-km-long Crimea Bridge, which connects the peninsula with mainland Russia, will kick off on July 1. … Read More >Regular railway freight transport across new Crimea Bridge will start from July

Russia

Long-awaited train traffic opens on Crimea Bridge as Putin becomes first passenger (VIDEO)

Posted on December 24, 2019December 24, 2019By Editor

President Putin has opened railway traffic on the 19-km-long Crimea Bridge, which connects the peninsula with mainland Russia and is the longest in Europe. He called the bridge “a beauty” as he took a ride in the driver’s cabin. … Read More >Long-awaited train traffic opens on Crimea Bridge as Putin becomes first passenger (VIDEO)

Business Russia

Russia’s Crimea welcomes record number of tourists in post-Soviet era

Posted on December 9, 2019December 9, 2019By Editor

More than 7 million people have spent their vacations in Crimea so far this year, Deputy Chairman of Crimea’s Council of Ministers and Permanent Presidential Envoy Georgy Muradov said, setting a post-Soviet record. … Read More >Russia’s Crimea welcomes record number of tourists in post-Soviet era

Journalism & Mass media

Will the ECHR Determine That Russia Occupies Crimea? Ukraine’s Bungled Attempt Stands to Massively Backfire

Posted on October 5, 2019By Editor

Ukraine has filed a problematic complaint through the European Court of Human Rights against Russia … Read More >Will the ECHR Determine That Russia Occupies Crimea? Ukraine’s Bungled Attempt Stands to Massively Backfire

Restored transport links between Ukraine and Crimea would be good, both agree, as Kiev signals new policy

Posted on October 5, 2019October 5, 2019By Editor

Authorities in Ukraine intend to resume regular passenger transportation with Russia’s Crimea … Read More >Restored transport links between Ukraine and Crimea would be good, both agree, as Kiev signals new policy

Op-ed

Washington Post shows how to ‘lose the information war’ by peddling DISinformation & falsehoods on Ukraine & Crimea

Posted on October 5, 2019By Editor

The Washington Post’s attempt to highlight “five myths about Ukraine” … Read More >Washington Post shows how to ‘lose the information war’ by peddling DISinformation & falsehoods on Ukraine & Crimea