The United Nations human rights chief Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein said on Thursday that the Russian government had indicated it would close his Moscow office, and he decried what he called the shrinking space for dissent, Joinfo.ua reports with reference ...
Read More »Moscow will not prolong contract on the power supply from Russia to Ukraine
According to the information from Russian Ministry of Energy, Moscow will not prolong the contract on the supply of electricity from the Russian Federation to Ukraine after the rejection of purchases of Ukrainian electricity for Crimea, TASS reports referring to ...
Read More »Breakdown of the power line caused rolling blackouts in Crimea
In the evening of December 30, a breakdown of the high-voltage line Kakhovka-Titan in Kherson region of Ukraine, which provides electricity supply from mainland Ukraine into Russia-occupied Crimea, caused rolling blackouts in the peninsula, Joinfo.ua reports with reference to RIA Novosti. ...
Read More »Crimea blackout: the energy bridge is shut off because of overheating
December 5th at 19:30, on the energy bridge from the Russian Federation to Crimea across the Kerch strait, an accident occurred. The cables did not stand the electricity load and broke down due to overheating. The influx of electricity through ...
Read More »Crimea blackout: the energy bridge only increased the number of complaints about the absence of electricity
On December 4 at the meeting of the emergency staff on the elimination of blackout, the head of Russian occupation Crimean authority Sergey Aksyonov demanded from the heads of the regional electric systems to strictly observe the schedule of the ...
Read More »Crimea blackout: occupation authorities admit that energy bridge from Russia will not solve problems with energy supply
Power supply to the consumers in Crimea will not be stable, at least until two power plants are built on the peninsula. This was stated by the head of the Russian government of Crimea Sergey Aksyonov at the emergency staff ...
Read More »Blockade of Crimea: activists plan a sea blockade of the peninsula
Crimean Tatars are ready to add discomfort to the Russian occupation authorities by introducing a sea blockade of Crimea to the existing food and electricity. Coordinator of the civil campaign “The blockade of the Crimea” Lenur Islyamov said that they ...
Read More »Crimea blackout: authorities fear of infectious diseases
Crimean occupation authorities fear of infectious diseases, because of unstable power supply the water needs additional treatment. This was stated by Minister for Housing and Utilities of the Russian government of Crimea, Alexander Zhdanov, Joinfo.ua reports with the reference to ...
Read More »Crimea blackout: food on the fire, broken ATMs and rising crime
Crimea has been cut off from the electricity supply from Kherson region since Saturday night. The most people in Crimea are not only without light now, but without the Internet and mobile communications, Joinfo.ua reports citing Russian media. It turned out ...
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