Ukraine suspects 276 Crimean judges of treasonUkraine is considering bringing treason charges against 276 Crimean judges, RIA Novosti reported on Friday, citing Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office.14:43 22.05.2015
Euromaidan activist gets 50 months in jail for attack on special forces officerEuromaidan activist and former Ukrainian police officer Alexander Kostenko was convicted of taking part in mass riots in Kiev in February 2014, attacking a Crimean special forces officer and sentenced to 50 months in prison.12:36 15.05.2015
Euromaidan activist faces four years in jail for alleged attack on special forces officerEuromaidan activist and former Ukrainian police officer Alexander Kostenko who took part in mass riots in Kiev in February 2014 faces up to four years in prison for allegedly attacking a Crimean special forces officer.18:41 14.05.2015
About 300 items of Ukrainian banks’ property seized in CrimeaAbout 300 items of property of Ukrainian banks that have stopped working in Crimea after its reunification with Russia in 2014 have been seized.14:08 14.05.2015
Russian government's commission approves compensation bill for Crimean depositorsThe Russian government's legislative commission approved a compensation bill for the clients of Ukrainian banks in Crimea proposed by the Finance Ministry.16:41 27.04.2015
Crimean terrorism suspect files claim with ECHR over revoked citizenshipCivil rights activist Alexander Kolchenko who stands accused of planning to carry out terrorist attacks in the Republic of Crimea filed an application with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) after his Ukrainian passport was revoked.16:42 09.04.2015
Google wins dismissal of lawsuit over Crimean exodusA court in the Crimean city of Sevastopol dismissed a lawsuit filed after US companies, including PayPal, Google, and Apple, suspended their operations on the peninsular under the sanction regime against Russia.15:37 09.04.2015
Russian Federal Security Service adds Crimean Right Sector to terror listThe Federal Security Service, or FSB, announced on Friday that a branch of the Ukrainian far-right nationalist movement Right Sector in the Republic of Crimea was added to a terror list.14:46 03.04.2015
Ukraine opens criminal case over electricity supplies to CrimeaThe Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office opened a criminal case regarding electricity supplies to the Republic of Crimea which broke away from Ukraine and joined Russia.17:58 16.02.2015
Russian MPs urge retaliatory measures against US companies over Crimea - reportRussian Communist Party lawmakers are to file a request with the Prosecutor General's Office and the Central Bank to look into the situation with PayPal, Apple, Google and a number of other companies that stopped operating in the Republic of Crimea following sanctions.11:40 29.01.2015
Russian lawmakers to consider declaration on 1989 'annexation of East Germany'Sergei Naryshkin, the speaker of the State Duma, Russia's lower house of parliament, has asked the parliamentary Committee on Foreign Affairs to look into the possibility of adopting a declaration which denounces the reunification of Germany in 1989.14:18 28.01.2015
Culture minister to represent Crimea at Scythian gold trial in AmsterdamRepublic of Crimea Culture Minister Arina Novoselskaya is willing to represent Crimea at a hearing on the return of Scythian gold from the Netherlands in Amsterdam.16:40 29.12.2014
Russia's bailiffs seize about $12 million allegedly linked to Kolomoisky’s bankRussia's Federal Bailiff Service announced on Friday that 191 million Ukrainian hryvnia (about $12 million) linked to Privatbank of Ukraine's billionaire Ihor Kolomoisky have been seized.17:05 26.12.2014
EU imposes new sanctions on CrimeaCouncil of the European Union has announced on Thursday that a range of new measures are introduced against Crimea and the city of Sevastopol.15:58 18.12.2014
Aeroflot to challenge $8 mln fine for flights to CrimeaRussia's largest air carrier Aeroflot will contest $8 million worth of fines for flights to Crimea issued by the Ukrainian Civil Aviation Service, according to the airline’s Monday post on Twitter.13:26 15.12.2014
First hearing in Russian case over Scythian gold may be held in January 2015The trial in Amsterdam over the Scythian gold from Crimea is not likely to begin until mid-January, 2015, RIA Novosti reported Wednesday citing Andrei Malgin, director of the Central Museum of Tavrida in Simferopol.17:27 10.12.2014
Assets of 24 Ukrainian banks seized by Crimean courtsAssets of 24 Ukrainian banks have been seized in Crimea, and will be sold to compensate citizens for losses incurred by Ukrainian banking entities, RIA Novosti reports on Wednesday.14:19 03.12.2014
Crimean museums file lawsuit with Dutch court over Scythian goldFour Crimean museums have filed with a court in Amsterdam a class action lawsuit seeking to return the Scythian gold, which was exhibited in the Netherlands, to Crimea, RIA Novosti reported Wednesday citing Director of Crimean Republican Institution “Kerch Historical and Cultural Reserve” Tatyana Umrikhina.13:47 26.11.2014
Russian Central Bank closes three Ukrainian banks in CrimeaThe Central Bank of Russia stopped the operations of three Ukrainian banks in Crimea and Sevastopol, including Neos Bank, Credit Agricole Bank and Zoloti Vorota Bank.12:01 26.11.2014
Crimea’s major oil and gas supplier short $18.6 mlnThe funds allegedly embezzled from Chernomorneftegaz in Crimea totaled 845.2 mln rubles ($18.6 mn), RIA Novosti reports on Tuesday citing Pavel Tokarev, Head of the Financial Supervision Service of Crimea. Chernomorneftegaz is an oil and gas company that is a significant part of the tax base in Crimea.16:57 25.11.2014