US senators yesterday reached an agreement on the wording of new draft legislation that could result…
Topic: Crimea
Russian state investment, business opportunities and environment in Crimea post annexation
Obama hits Trump with new Russian sanctions and Arctic drilling ban
Outgoing US President Barack Obama this week did his best to thwart his successor Donald Trump’s…
Tusk expects Russian sanctions to be extended – but for how long?
Russian sanctions: The odds are stacked in favour of Brussels extending its programme of sanctions against Russia…
Naftogaz sues Russia for $2.6bn
Naftogaz, Ukraine’s state-run oil and gas enterprise, has filed a lawsuit against Russia in the international courts…
Moscow cuts gas supplies to Ukraine as Crimean blackout continues
Russia has stopped gas supplies to Ukraine because Kiev has defaulted on a prepayment deal, Gazprom…
Russia to commission $830m Kerch Strait electric cable
Russia’s Energy Ministry has given the go-ahead for the construction of an $830m electric cable along the…
China looks to grow tobacco in Crimea
A delegation of Chinese businessmen has been discussing the possibility of growing tobacco in Crimea to…
Medvedev compares annexation of Crimea to return of Hong Kong to China
For many Russians, last year’s annexation of Crimea represented “the restoration of historic justice” and was of equal…
Crimea nationalises Kerch Strait cargo port from Altcom
Crimea nationalises Kerch Strait cargo port: Crime’s State Council announced on Friday that it had appropriated the…
Ukrtelecom Crimean network disabled as recriminations fly
Ukrtelecom Crimean network disabled: Ukrtelecom, which until yesterday boasted 80% of Crimea’s fixed-line subscribers as its…
Visa and Mastercard to resume Crimean services in April
Visa and Mastercard will resume business in Crimea as usual in April once their transactions start going…
eBay joins Crimean exodus with apologies
eBay has announced it is impossible to organise a full-fledged operation of its service in the Crimea and…
Russian tourist sector set to be one of few winners from rouble crash
Russian tourist sector: With a debilitated rouble making the cost of an overseas holiday becoming increasingly…
Crimean bridge contract goes to Putin ally Rotenberg
Crimean bridge contract: SGM, the construction and civil engineering owned by billionaire and Putin ally Arkady…
Google Adsense suspends services in Crimea
Google Adsense last week became the latest Western service to comply with sanctions on Russia by blocking…
Apple rescinds contracts with Crimean software developers
Apple has unilaterally terminated cooperation contracts with Crimean-based software developers, according to one of them. Maxim Serdyuk is claiming…
Kerch Strait bridge contract goes to Rotenberg
Kerch Strait bridge contract: Arkady Rotenberg’s Stroygazmntazh (SGM) looks to be on the point of winning the…
Amway pulls out of Crimea in wake of new sanctions
Amway, the US-based producer of personal care products, household chemicals, cosmetics, and dietary supplements, is pulling…
Visa and Mastercard stop servicing Crimean card transactions
Visa and Mastercard have announced that they will no longer service card transactions executed in Crimea. “Due…
EU targets Crimea in new round of sanctions
EU targets Crimea: The EU is targetting Crimea-based companies with a new round of trade, investment and…
Crimean crossing could be funded by infrastructure bonds to take strain off budget
Crimean crossing: In an attempt to ease the strain on the Russia’s finances, the Central Bank…
Stroytransgaz to pull out of running for Kerch Bridge project
Stroytransgaz (STG), the Russian civil engineering and construction company owned by Putin ally Gennady Timchenko, is believed…
Crimean Special Economic Zone ratified by Putin
Special Economic Zone: Russia’s President Vladimir Putin last week signed a document officially ratifying the establishment…
Crimean railways investment plans increased by $3bn
Crimean railways investment: The Russian Ministry of Transport is proposing to invest a further RUB135bn in Crimea over the…