Poklonskaja ended up on EU list of sanctions:
http://www.bfm.ru/news/257588
(Well the parrots from Canada continue to screech the word "sanctions": http://itar-tass.com/politika/1181646?utm_medium=rss20)
Putin instructed the RF government to help Crimea organise vacation season:
http://www.tvc.ru/news/show/id/39501
RF Central Bank stopped operations of 6 Ukrainian banks on Crimean territory:
http://www.forbes.ru/news/257037-tsb-prekratil-deyatelnost-shesti-ukrainskikh-bankov-v-krymu
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Russia Threatens to cut off Natural Gas to Ukraine
http://news.yahoo.com/russia-threatens-cut-off-ukraine-gas-june-3-154426657.html
Yep, another utility notification about the beginning of the new billing period. http://news.yahoo.com/russia-threatens-cut-off-ukraine-gas-june-3-154426657.html
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Moscow (AFP) - Russia's state energy giant Gazprom warned on Monday that it may halt natural gas shipments to Ukraine on June 3 in a move that could impact the supplies of at least 18 EU nations.
Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller said Ukraine must pay upfront for its June deliveries because of outstanding debts. He added that Kiev had until the morning of June 3 to make the payment "or Ukraine will receive zero cubic metres (of gas) in June," Interfax reported.
Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller said Ukraine must pay upfront for its June deliveries because of outstanding debts. He added that Kiev had until the morning of June 3 to make the payment "or Ukraine will receive zero cubic metres (of gas) in June," Interfax reported.
It seems that Ukraine think that having more than $3 billion debt is ok. Well, will see.
Investor Protection Fund of Crimea has opened a special account in the Russian National Commercial Bank (RNCB) for the settlement of loans taken by Crimeans in Ukrainian Privatbank, which blocked all the accounts of their customers and stopped operations on the peninsula, according to the fund.
http://www.utro.ru/news/2014/05/12/1194325.shtml
http://www.utro.ru/news/2014/05/12/1194325.shtml
Russia Threatens to cut off Natural Gas to Ukraine
http://news.yahoo.com/russia-threatens-cut-off-ukraine-gas-june-3-154426657.html
http://news.yahoo.com/russia-threatens-cut-off-ukraine-gas-june-3-154426657.html
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Moscow (AFP) - Russia's state energy giant Gazprom warned on Monday that it may halt natural gas shipments to Ukraine on June 3 in a move that could impact the supplies of at least 18 EU nations.
Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller said Ukraine must pay upfront for its June deliveries because of outstanding debts. He added that Kiev had until the morning of June 3 to make the payment "or Ukraine will receive zero cubic metres (of gas) in June," Interfax reported.
Gazprom chief executive Alexei Miller said Ukraine must pay upfront for its June deliveries because of outstanding debts. He added that Kiev had until the morning of June 3 to make the payment "or Ukraine will receive zero cubic metres (of gas) in June," Interfax reported.
Interesting. I doubt that Turks didn't need one or us residents , but I might be wrong on them.
Besides , did the visa control an papers already started at Crimea borders? Well , that was fast.
Besides , did the visa control an papers already started at Crimea borders? Well , that was fast
.Here is what I got from Wikipedia.
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Crimea is under Russian control and Russia applies its own visa policy there. However Ukraine announced that foreigners should comply with Ukrainian visa regime including obtaining a Ukrainian visa if one is necessary and that otherwise it may entail sanctions for "support of the temporary occupation of the Ukrainian territory". Crimea’s Tourism Minister proposed a visa-free regime for foreign tourists staying at Crimean resorts for up to 12 days and a 72-hour visa-free stay for cruise passengers.
Visa-free status was proposed, but not yet implemented.
Who is stopping them and why (if)?
Now they have to get the Russian visa (instead of the Ukrainian visa). May be he was referring to that.
Remember that Ukraine has a visa free regime for citizens of the EU, while Russia requires the EU citizens to take a visa before landing in its territory.
Interesting. I doubt that Turks didn't need one or us residents , but I might be wrong on them.
Besides , did the visa control an papers already started at Crimea borders? Well , that was fast
. Who is stopping them and why (if)?
Now they have to get the Russian visa (instead of the Ukrainian visa). May be he was referring to that.
Remember that Ukraine has a visa free regime for citizens of the EU, while Russia requires the EU citizens to take a visa before landing in its territory.
Some BS again from Dzemilev:
Mustafa Jemilev doesn't exclude forced dispersal of demonstration in Crimea on May 18
http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/564758/
Mustafa Jemilev doesn't exclude forced dispersal of demonstration in Crimea on May 18
http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/564758/
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The situation is complicated by the fact that this year the Crimean Tatar diaspora from Romania, Turkey, United States and several European countries will not be able to reach the Crimea.
Who is stopping them and why (if)?
Some BS again from Dzemilev:
Mustafa Jemilev doesn't exclude forced dispersal of demonstration in Crimea on May 18
http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/564758/
Mustafa Jemilev doesn't exclude forced dispersal of demonstration in Crimea on May 18
http://www.nrcu.gov.ua/en/148/564758/
Well... Let them to spend somemoney while buildong this dam and then trop few tonnes of TNT there "acidentally". Seems like a plan to me
Depends on how much water that dam has....
You might not want to be the one on the other side when it goes bum.
.But , looking at the pictures , looks like a 3 man one tractor job.
Hmm , just realized that if they cut the water supply there at that point all the ukr land after the gates will suffer also.
There are some other irrigation canals in the nearby area. So that water can be re-routed to the Southern Kherson oblast. Only Crimea will have the problem of dealing with water shortages.
Well... Let them to spend some money while building this dam, then "acidentally" trop few tonnes of TNT there. Seems like a plan to me
There is one thing I don't get it.
If it's a canal , man made , doesn't it have already some debit control gates built in?
Why the hell do they have to build a dam?
If it's a canal , man made , doesn't it have already some debit control gates built in?
Why the hell do they have to build a dam?
Judging by the sat images, there is one here, at the start of the canal:
Paste into Google Maps search: 46.759748, 33.398324
They can't just close the dams, though. In the CabMin meetings Turchinov proposed cutting off water supplies by blaming construction/maintenance works.
Hmm , just realized that if they cut the water supply there at that point all the ukr land after the gates will suffer also.
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However the head of Kherson Regional State Administration, Yuriy Odarchenko, claimed that the newly built dam is related to construction of a “water metering station” which “will be finished soon” and will give precise measurement on the “amount of water that will be transferred to the Crimean peninsula,” RBK Ukraine reported.
The excuse is there already , although let me say that it kind'a makes sense.
The Ukraine/Crimea crisis: ramifications for the Middle East
http://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/yossi-alpher/ukrainecrimea-crisis-ramifications-for-middle-east
http://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/yossi-alpher/ukrainecrimea-crisis-ramifications-for-middle-east
The middle east is already like a barrel of gunpowder , if indeed things evolve how the article is summed up with a change in influence it will lead to another conflict in the area and .. more deaths for nothing.
There is one thing I don't get it.
If it's a canal , man made , doesn't it have already some debit control gates built in?
Why the hell do they have to build a dam?
If it's a canal , man made , doesn't it have already some debit control gates built in?
Why the hell do they have to build a dam?
Judging by the sat images, there is one here, at the start of the canal:
Paste into Google Maps search: 46.759748, 33.398324
They can't just close the dams, though. In the CabMin meetings Turchinov proposed cutting off water supplies by blaming construction/maintenance works.
The Ukraine/Crimea crisis: ramifications for the Middle East
http://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/yossi-alpher/ukrainecrimea-crisis-ramifications-for-middle-east
http://www.opendemocracy.net/arab-awakening/yossi-alpher/ukrainecrimea-crisis-ramifications-for-middle-east
Ukraine builds dam cutting off Crimea water supply
http://rt.com/news/158028-ukraine-water-supply-crimea/
http://rt.com/news/158028-ukraine-water-supply-crimea/
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Recent satellite images show that Kiev is deliberately trying to cut off Crimea peninsula's water supply by building a dam. In the meantime Russian scientists are trying to find ways to supply Crimea with fresh water.
Experts from the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources are developing ways to supply fresh water to the Crimea from the Kuban River in the Krasnodar region to the North Crimean Canal which now receives limited water-flow, as Kiev tightens the lid on Simferopol.
“As one of options of providing the peninsula with water, we are considering an option of drawing water supply from the Kuban River and channeling it through the Strait of Kerch to the end portion of North Crimean Canal,” director of the department of public policy and regulation in the field of water resources ministry of Russia Dmitry Kirillov told Ria Novosti.
Experts from the Russian Ministry of Natural Resources are developing ways to supply fresh water to the Crimea from the Kuban River in the Krasnodar region to the North Crimean Canal which now receives limited water-flow, as Kiev tightens the lid on Simferopol.
“As one of options of providing the peninsula with water, we are considering an option of drawing water supply from the Kuban River and channeling it through the Strait of Kerch to the end portion of North Crimean Canal,” director of the department of public policy and regulation in the field of water resources ministry of Russia Dmitry Kirillov told Ria Novosti.
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“The harvest will be partially or fully lost across 120,000 hectares of farmland that should be irrigated [by water from the canal],” Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov said in April, as cited by the Moscow Times.
There is one thing I don't get it.
If it's a canal , man made , doesn't it have already some debit control gates built in?
Why the hell do they have to build a dam?
thanks for so many links with interesting stuff. I looked at all of this from the other side
Yes, that's the general idea. Especially since WTO is forcing Russia to close the tax heaven in Kaliningrad.
The tax heaven is not exactly in Kaliningrad. It covers large swaths of the Baltic, including Riga and Vilnius. A lot of Russian dark money is going to Latvia and Lithuania. Time has come to stop this madness.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/financialcrisis/10817511/ECB-capital-flight-from-Russia-has-hit-220bn.html
Yes, that's the general idea. Especially since WTO is forcing Russia to close the tax heaven in Kaliningrad.
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