Crimea

Organizer of Hizb-ut-Tahrir’s Crimean branch gets 12 years in prison

14:03 26/04/2017 The North-Caucasus District Military Court has found Crimean resident Ruslan Zeytullayev guilty of establishing in the republic a cell of Hizb ut-Tahrir terrorist organization banned in Russia and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.

Russia extradites twelve Crimean prisoners to Ukraine

14:59 17/03/2017 Twelve individuals, who were convicted and given prison terms in Crimea before the republic’s reunification with Russia, have been extradited to Ukraine for serving their sentence.

Ship carrying soda from Crimea forfeited by Ukrainian court

11:57 17/03/2017 A court in the Ukrainian city of Odessa has ordered the seizure of Sky Moon vessel sailing under the flag of Tanzania which was transporting over 3,000 tons of commercial soda produced in Crimea.

Former Crimean Vice-Prime Minister suspected of taking bribe

15:11 15/02/2017 A criminal case has been launched against a former Vice-Prime Minister of Crimea on suspicion of taking a large-scale bribe.

High-ranking Crimean Tatar Majlis member charged with separatism

17:42 30/01/2017 Investigative Department of the Federal Security Service’s (FSB) Directorate for Crimea and Sevastopol has charged deputy chairman of Majlis of Crimean Tatars, Ilma Umerov, with public calls for separatism.

Ukrainian prosecutors seek to charge Crimean judges with treason

16:42 27/01/2017 The investigative department of a directorate for Crimea-related issues at the Ukrainian Prosecutor General’s Office published a statement on Friday saying that it carries out a pretrial probe into judges and prosecutors holding offices on the peninsula prior to its reunification with Russia on treason charges.

Russian court to review criminal case over negligence at Crimean road service

10:49 27/01/2017 The Investigative Committee’s Crimean Directorate has completed investigation into a criminal case against former head of the government’s Service for automobile roads of the Republic of Crimea.

Ruling to hand over Crimean gold treasures to Ukraine appealed

16:30 18/01/2017 Ruling of the Amsterdam District Court’s returning collection of gold artifacts from Crimea to Ukraine was appealed.

Dutch court rules to hand over Crimean gold treasures to Ukraine

13:40 14/12/2016 A collection of gold artifacts from Crimea that was exhibited in a Dutch museum must be returned to Ukraine, The Amsterdam District Court ruled on Wednesday.

Order to ban Crimean Tatar leader Dzhemilev from entering Russia upheld

11:36 14/12/2016 Russia's Supreme Court sided with the Federal Security Service (FSB) that had banned Crimean Tatars leader Mustafa Dzhemilev from entering the country.

Cypriot firm appeals ruling in dispute with Crimean authorities

12:57 05/12/2016 Cypriot company DRGN Ltd has filed an appeal against the dismissal of a ruling ordering Crimea’s Finance Ministry to pay 46 million rubles (about $707,000) to the company.

Court rules that alleged mastermind of Crimean blockade owes $3.7 mln to bank

11:26 05/12/2016 The Moscow Commercial Court has ruled that Lenur Islyamov, an alleged organizer of the food blockade of Crimea, owes Eurocredit Bank 234 million rubles ($3.7 million).

Situation in Crimea amounts to armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia - ICC

18:12 15/11/2016 Russia’s reunification with Crimea amounts to an international armed conflict between Ukraine and Russia, according to the Report on Preliminary Examination Activities for 2016 published by the Office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court on the court’s official website on Tuesday.

Amsterdam court plans to rule in Scythian gold case on December 14

16:49 05/10/2016 The Amsterdam District Court plans to issue a ruling in a case over return of Scythian gold collection from Crimea on December 14.

Russian court dismisses Ukrainian bank’s lawsuit against Crimean energy company

10:55 05/10/2016 The Twenty-First Appellate Commercial Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss a claim by Ukraine’s state bank Oschadbank seeking recovery of funds from Crimean energy provider “Jupiter Solar”.

Russian Supreme Court upholds ban of Crimean Tatar Majlis

16:24 29/09/2016 The Supreme Court of Russia has upheld the Crimean Supreme Court’s ruling over ban of Crimean Tatar Majlis.

Crimean court lifts arrest of property of local firms in their dispute with Oschadbank

10:54 14/09/2016 The Commercial Court of Crimea has ruled in favor of three Crimean solar energy providers in a dispute with Ukraine’s state bank Oschadbank and lifted arrest of their property.

Ukrainian bank’s $15.4 million suit against Crimean energy companies dismissed

15:35 13/09/2016 The Twenty-First Appellate Commercial Court has upheld a lower court’s decision to dismiss two claims by Ukraine’s state bank Oschadbank seeking recovery of more than 1 billion rubles ($15.4 million) from Crimean energy providers without prejudice.

Five cases on extremist propaganda opened in Crimea in summer 2016 - official

12:50 31/08/2016 Crimean authorities launched five criminal cases over calls for terrorist activity in the summer of 2016, head of the republic’s Counter-Terrorism Commission’s Office.

Russian energy monopoly’s ex-manager detained on suspicion of abuse of office

12:44 29/08/2016 Moscow’s Lefortosky District Court has ordered the detention of former top manager of the Federal Grid Company of Unified Energy System (UES FGC) Valery Goncharov suspected of abuse of power during construction of a power bridge to Crimea.

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