Territorial dispute

Tag: Territorial dispute

Self-proclaimed Donetsk People's Republic issues mobilization order

The self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic in Eastern Ukraine will announce general mobilization, RIA Novosti reports on Monday citing head of the republic Alexander Zakharchenko.

15:34 02.02.2015

Union of Donetsk and Lugansk republics set sovereign border

The union of the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics in eastern Ukraine has announced that their borders are the borders of sovereign states.

11:51 16.07.2014

Kiev’s unilateral demarcation of Ukrainian-Russian border not legitimate

Alexei Pushkov, Head of the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, pointed out that border demarcation could not be unilateral and the border marked by Kiev would not be legitimate.

11:42 17.06.2014

Ukraine to sue Russia for $90 bln over Crimea

Acting Prime Minister of Ukraine Arseniy Yatsenyuk said at the Verkhovna Rada on Tuesday that Ukraine would sue Russia for 1 trillion hryvnias (about $90 billion) in profit shortfall due to the loss of Crimea.

15:22 03.06.2014

Donetsk region claims independence from Ukraine

Donetsk region has claimed independence from Ukraine upon the outcome of the secession referendum which had been held Sunday, Denis Pushilin, chairman of Donetsk's temporary government, told journalists Monday.

19:00 12.05.2014

Ukrainian Parliament votes against referendum on federalisation

The Ukrainian Parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, on Tuesday voted against holding a referendum on federalisation which was expected to be held on May 25 along with presidential elections.

15:56 06.05.2014

Ukrainian acting president signs law recognizing Crimea as “occupied territory”

Ukraine’s acting president Aleksandr Turchinov has signed a law recognizing Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, both of which were recently reunified with Russia, as “temporarily occupied territories,” Turchinov’s press office announced Monday.

13:18 28.04.2014

Ukraine officially recognizes Crimea as “occupied territory”

The Ukrainian Verkhovna Rada (parliament) on Tuesday adopted legislation recognizing Crimea and the city of Sevastopol, both of which were recently reunified with Russia, as “temporarily occupied territories.”

15:50 15.04.2014

Ukrainian naval commander released in Crimea

Law enforcement authorities released Ukrainian Navy Commander Sergei Gaiduk along with seven other people that had been detained in Crimea, Crimea’s Crym-inform agency reports Thursday.

11:32 20.03.2014

Ukraine to introduce visa regime with Russia

Ukraine's National Security and Defense Council has instructed the Foreign Ministry to introduce a visa regime with Russia, Secretary of the Council Andrei Paruby said at a briefing.

10:26 20.03.2014

Ukraine delivers official note of protest to Russia

Ukraine's Foreign Ministry has handed a note of protest to Russian charge d'affairs in Kiev Andrei Vorobyov in connection with signing of a treaty unifying Crimea with Russia, according to the ministry's website.

10:16 19.03.2014

Turkey violated jailed PKK leader Ocalan's rights through isolation – ECHR

Turkey violated the rights of Abdullah Ocalan, founder of the illegal Kurdistan Worker’s Party, convicted of having carried out secessionist acts by keeping him socially isolated in prison, and through the irreducible nature of his life sentence, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled Tuesday.

17:07 18.03.2014

Khrushchev’s transfer of Crimea to Ukraine was unconstitutional – Putin

The 1954 decision by leader Nikita Khrushchev to hand over the Crimean peninsula to Ukraine was unconstitutional, President Vladimir Putin said in an official address to federal and regional officials Tuesday.

15:46 18.03.2014

Putin approves accession treaty between Crimea and Russia

President Vladimir Putin has approved a draft treaty between Crimea and Russia on the autonomous republic’s accession to the Russian Federation, according to a statement posted on the Kremlin’s website Tuesday.

10:47 18.03.2014

Russia calls on Kiev to develop a new constitution

Moscow calls on Ukrainian parliament to assemble a conference with the representatives of the country's regions, to form a new federalized constitution, according to the statement released by the Russian Foreign Ministry on Monday.

14:47 17.03.2014

Crimean voters support accession to Russia by a landslide

93% of Crimean voters backed the region’s accession to Russia and independence from Ukraine on Sunday, according to the exit poll data processed by the Crimean republican political science institute.

09:32 17.03.2014

Ukraine lodges ECHR application against Russia amid rising tensions

Ukraine launched an inter-state complaint against Russia with the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR), and in doing so, requested that the court apply certain interim measures, according to a statement issued by the court Thursday.

11:58 14.03.2014

Crimean parliament adopts declaration of independence from Ukraine

Crimean Supreme Council on Tuesday has adopted a declaration supporting the autonomy’s independence from Ukraine, and the motion to join the Russian Federation, the council’s spokesperson told RIA Novosti. The declaration was approved by 78 lawmakers out of 100.

15:15 11.03.2014

Crimean parliament decided to join Russia

Parliament of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea on Thursday has decided to join the Russian Federation, according to the document sent to RIA Novosti by Crimean lawmaker Sergei Shuvainikov.

14:29 06.03.2014

Russia to simplify seizure of foreign criminals' assets - report

Russia’s Justice Ministry has drafted amendments to legislation and coordinated them with the proper authorities to simplify cooperation with foreign law enforcement agencies in the fight against transnational crime and terrorism.

10:31 14.02.2014