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☆ Putin scores a resounding win, but what’s next for Russia?
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-17 | by ( Nathan Hodge | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Putin poses for a picture with his wife, Lyudmila, and daughters, Yekaterina and Maria. Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images Putin rides a horse during a vacation in Southern Siberia in August 2009. Dmitry Astakhov/RIA Novosti/AFP via Getty Images Putin plays with his dogs Yume, left, and Buffy at his home in Novo-Ogaryovo, Russia, in March 2013. Chris McGrath/Getty Images Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the G20 summit in Buenos Aires in November 2018. Getty Images Putin speaks with American right-wing pundit Tucker Carlson during an interview in February 2024.

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☆ Russian-installed Crimea authorities to sell Ukrainian properties
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Crimea's parliamentary speaker Vladimir Konstantinov celebrates switching to Moscow time in the Crimean city of Simferopol March 30, 2014. REUTERS/Shamil Zhumatov/file photo Acquire Licensing RightsSept 16 (Reuters) - Russian-installed authorities in Crimea said on Saturday they planned to sell about 100 Ukrainian properties, including one belonging to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Vladimir Konstantinov, speaker of the Crimean parliament, said the nationalised properties would be sold "soon" and the authorities had held the first eight auctions for the properties of Ukrainian business figures. The sale contracts amounted to more than 815 million roubles ($8.51 million), Konstantinov said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. Russian-installed authorities in Crimea said in February that they had nationalised around 500 properties in Crimea including some belonging to senior Ukrainian politicians and business figures.

Persons: Vladimir Konstantinov, Shamil Zhumatov, Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Konstantinov, William Mallard Organizations: REUTERS, Reuters, Thomson Locations: Moscow, Crimean, Simferopol, Crimea, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Russian-Installed Crimea Authorities to Sell Ukrainian Properties
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Sept. | At A.M. | ) www.usnews.com time to read: +1 min

(Reuters) - Russian-installed authorities in Crimea said on Saturday they planned to sell about 100 Ukrainian properties, including one belonging to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy. Vladimir Konstantinov, speaker of the Crimean parliament, said the nationalised properties would be sold "soon" and the authorities had held the first eight auctions for the properties of Ukrainian business figures. The sale contracts amounted to more than 815 million roubles ($8.51 million), Konstantinov said in a statement on the Telegram messaging app. Russian-installed authorities in Crimea said in February that they had nationalised around 500 properties in Crimea including some belonging to senior Ukrainian politicians and business figures. Crimea, internationally recognised as part of Ukraine, has been controlled by Moscow since 2014, when Russia annexed the Black Sea peninsula, eight years before its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Vladimir Konstantinov, Konstantinov, William Mallard Organizations: Reuters Locations: Crimea, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Moscow, Russia

☆ Russia is trying to auction off Zelenskyy's apartment in Crimea
▼ + stars: | 2023-09-16 | by ( Katie Hawkinson | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Now, they're auctioning them off, including Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's apartment. The news comes just days after Ukraine launched an offensive on a Russian naval shipyard in Crimea. Now, Russian-installed officials in Crimea — placed there by Russian President Vladimir Putin after Russia annexed the peninsula from Ukraine in 2014 — say they will soon auction off about 100 of these properties, Reuters reported. AdvertisementAdvertisementRussian officials first announced in May they would sell Zelenskyy's Crimea apartment and use the proceeds to fund their war in Ukraine, Insider previously reported. The announcement of the planned auction comes after Ukrainian forces launched a missile strike against a Russian naval shipyard in Crimea on Wednesday morning, Insider previously reported.

Persons: Volodymyr Zelenskyy's, Crimea —, Vladimir Putin, Vladimir Konstantinov, — Organizations: Service, Reuters, Authorities Locations: Russia, Crimean, Ukraine, Russian, Crimea, Wall, Silicon, Minsk, Crimean Tatars

The attacks are forcing Russian tourists to reconsider their plans. Popular destinationCrimea has always been popular with Russian tourists, many of whom remember vacationing there during Soviet times. After Moscow launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine in February last year, a number of countries closed their doors to Russian tourists. Crimea suddenly became one of the few sunny beach destinations Russian tourists could still visit without having to spend a lot of money. The attack was frightening enough to scare away many of the Russian tourists who had still been planning to come.

Persons: Oleksii Reznikov, Svitlana, “, ”, Olga Maltseva, hasn’t, Iryna Vereshchuk, Putin, ” Svitlana, Vladimir Konstantinov, ATOR, ” Reznikov, Reznikov, Volodymyr Zelensky, –, ” Zelensky Organizations: CNN, Kyiv’s, “, Getty, Crimean Ministry of Resorts, Tourism, Russian Union of Travel Industry, Ukraine’s, Moscow, European Union, Association of Russian, Kyiv, Security Service of Ukraine, State Council of, Russian, Fleet, Crimean Human Rights Group Locations: Crimea, Ukraine, Ukrainian, Moscow, Russia, Russian, St . Petersburg, AFP, Yalta, Kerch, EU, Europe, Turkey, Sochi, Republic of Crimea, Crimean, Sevastopol, Kyiv

☆ While Russia's schoolchildren learn how to operate drones and clean guns, Ukraine's students will take classes on how to navigate treacherous minefields
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-14 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Meanwhile, Russian students learn how to operate drones and clean guns. While Russian schoolchildren will operate airborne drones, drill rifles, and train in hand-to-hand combat, Ukrainian kids will undergo a safety course for navigating treacherous landmines. It's a harrowing reality for Ukrainian children and presents an even bleaker future, with the country now the most heavily mined in the world, according to Ukrainian Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov. Meanwhile, Russian students will face an increasingly militarized classroom this school year. Students as young as year 10 and 11 will learn how to operate combat drones.

Persons: Oksen Lisovy, It'll, Oleksii Reznikov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Vladimir Putin's Organizations: Service, Ukraine's Education, Kyiv, Kyiv Independent, Education Ministry, UNICEF, Ukrainian Defense Locations: Wall, Silicon, Ukraine, Kyiv, Crimea, Republic of Crimea, Russia, Russian

☆ Live updates: Russia's war in Ukraine, Crimea Bridge incident
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Kathleen Magramo | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

Rail traffic across the Crimean Bridge continues to operate albeit with delays after an apparent attack halted road traffic on the structure early Monday, a Moscow-backed official said. Russian state-run news agencies RIA Novosti and TASS also reported that rail traffic on the bridge is continuing to operate with delays. The nearly 12-mile bridge, also known as the Kerch Bridge, is the longest in Europe and carries both road and rail traffic between the annexed Crimean peninsula and Russia. It also serves as a vital logistical node for Moscow's military in its war against Ukraine. A widely circulating video of significant damage to one of the bridge’s road spans appears to have been captured this morning from a train passing on the parallel rail bridge.

Persons: ” Vladimir Konstantinov Organizations: State Council of, RIA Novosti, TASS, Ukraine Locations: Moscow, Republic of Crimea, Russian, Kerch, Europe, Crimean, Russia

The Kerch Strait Bridge that links the Crimean Peninsula to mainland Russia, in March. Russian officials blamed Ukraine for the attack on the Kerch Strait Bridge. Ukrainian officials offered no comment on the incident. Video and photographs verified by The Times showed damage to both sides of the road bridge, with the most significant being along a span of the bridge heading into Russia. The attack came as Ukrainian forces were engaged in an ambitious and grinding counteroffensive aimed at driving Russian forces from southern Ukraine.

Persons: Yusov, ”, Vladimir Rogov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Sergei Aksyonov, —, Vyacheslav Gladkov, Aksyonov, Mazaeva, Ivan Nechepurenko Organizations: The Times, Ministry, Transport, Russian Federation, Ukrainian, Crimean Locations: Kerch, Crimean, Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Moscow, Crimea, Sevastopol, Belgorod

☆ Why the Crimean Bridge is so important to Vladimir Putin
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Lauren Kent | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Also known as the Kerch Bridge, it holds personal value for Russian President Vladimir Putin. Here’s what you need to know:Why is the bridge so important to Russia? The Kerch Bridge is strategically important because it links Russia’s Krasnodar region with Crimea, which was illegally annexed by Russia from Ukraine in 2014. Rail traffic across the Crimea bridge is continuing to operate on Monday, albeit with delays, according to video on social media, a Russian official and Russian state media. A widely circulating video, which appears to have been captured this morning from a train passing on the parallel rail bridge, shows significant damage to one of the bridge’s road spans.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Putin, Staff, ” Vladimir Konstantinov, Boris Rozhin, “, ” Putin, Dmitry Peskov, Marat Khusnullin, Ukraine Andrii Yusov, ”, ” Yusov Organizations: CNN, CNN Kyiv, Kyiv, Ukrainian military’s, State Council of, Novosti, TASS, Russian, Ukraine’s Security, Defense Intelligence Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Moscow, Kerch, Crimea, Russian, Kyiv, Krasnodar, Europe, Kherson, Republic of Crimea

☆ Rebellion Severely Damages Russian War Effort, Think Tank Says
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Military vehicles on the streets of Rostov, Russia, which the Wagner paramilitary group seized early in its revolt. (Vladimir Konstantinov/Zuma Press)The Kremlin now faces a “deeply unstable equilibrium,” according to the Institute for the Study of War. The Washington-based think tank said the truce signed Saturday was a “short-term fix, not a long-term solution” and that the rebellion exposed severe weaknesses in the Russian regime.

Persons: Wagner, Vladimir Konstantinov Organizations: Zuma Press, Institute for Locations: Rostov, Russia, Kremlin, The Washington, Russian

☆ Russia pulls back from brink of crisis after deal reached to end Wagner insurrection
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-25 | by ( Jessie Yeung | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

Sovfoto/Universal Images Group via Getty Images Putin poses for a picture with his wife, Lyudmila, and daughters, Yekaterina and Maria. Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images Putin rides a horse during a vacation in Southern Siberia in August 2009. Alexey Nikolsky/AFP via Getty Images Putin judges an arm wrestling match while visiting the Seliger youth educational forum in Russia's Tver region in August 2011. Dmitry Astakhov/RIA Novosti/AFP via Getty Images Putin plays with his dogs Yume, left, and Buffy at his home in Novo-Ogaryovo, Russia, in March 2013. Chris McGrath/Getty Images Putin and Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman attend the G20 summit in Buenos Aires in November 2018.

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☆ Canal that supplies Crimea getting far less water after Ukraine dam blast, warns Kremlin
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-06 | by ( Andrew Osborn | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +5 min

The reservoir feeds the Soviet-era North Crimean Canal - a channel which has traditionally supplied 85% of Crimea's water. Russia had taken measures to alleviate Crimea's water supply problem before access to the canal was restored last year, meaning there was now a certain "margin of safety" however, he said. Mikhail Razvozhaev, the Russian-installed governor of the Crimean city of Sevastopol, the headquarters of Russia's Black Sea Fleet, played down any immediate threat to water supplies. "Water supply to the city will not be affected by damage to the Kakhovskaya hydro-electric power plant in any way. The city uses its own reservoir, water reserves are at a maximum, and there are also reserve sources of water supply," he said on Telegram.

Persons: Dmitry Peskov, Sergei Aksyonov, Aksyonov, Vladimir Putin, Mikhail Razvozhaev, Vladimir Konstantinov, Andrew Osborn, William Maclean Organizations: Kremlin, Russian, Thomson Locations: Crimea, Nova Kakhovka, Russia, Ukraine, Russian, Kyiv, Moscow, Dnipro, Salt, U.S ., Utah, Crimean, Sevastopol

☆ Russia is selling Zelenskyy's penthouse apartment in Crimea to fund its war in Ukraine
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Russia is selling President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's apartment in Crimea to fund its war in Ukraine. Russian state media said the sale would go towards Russia's so-called "special military operation." The sale was announced Wednesday, according to Russian state media agency TASS. The sale of Zelenskyy's apartment will go towards funding Russia's war in Ukraine — or "special military operation," as Russian media and officials have repeatedly referred to it. Russian media estimated the apartment to be worth about $800,000.

☆ Russian state media touts video of schoolchildren in Crimea drilling with rifles and training in hand-to-hand combat
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Chris Panella | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

A new video shows schoolchildren in Crimea training with rifles and completing hand-to-hand combat. The lessons are reportedly part of a training course that will come to other schools this year. The lessons appear to be part of a military training course that students across grade levels are participating in. In the video, originally shared by RIA Novosti Crimea, students first handle rifles in a competitive timed exercise. The new strategy marks a shift from Wagner's previous efforts to recruit Russian prisoners in exchange for reduced jail time.

☆ Crimeea lor. Cum prietenii lui Vladimir Putin și oficialii locali au împărțit peninsula. Ce a însemnat această „împărțeală pentru locuitorii obișnuiți”
▼ + stars: | 2021-03-31 | by ( Diana Severin | ) www.zdg.md time to read: +10 min

Acum șapte ani, când Crimeea și Sevastopol au devenit parte a Rusiei, expresia „Crimeea noastră” a intrat în uz la ruși. O nouă statalitate a însemnat o schimbare a elitelor, iar această schimbare nu a fost mereu benefică pentru locuitorii peninsulei. Vila este atribuită diferiților reprezentanți ai elitei ruse: Iuri Kovalchuk, Vladimir Putin și speakerului Consiliului Federației Valentina Matvienko, dar, conform actelor, vila aparține lui Kovalchuk. Viktor, un gardian de la primul punct de control, susţine că vila este construită pentru Vladimir Putin. Aceasta în afara turnurilor de comunicare, a 21,5 hectare de teren în Crimeea și o pensiune din satul Pescianoe, lângă Sevastopol.

Persons: Iuri Kovalciuk, Viktor Ianukovici ., Ianukovici, Pavel, Iuri Kovalchuk, Vladimir Putin, Valentina Matvienko, Kovalchuk, Viktor, Vladimir Putin ., Putin, Serghei Aksenov, Arkady, Președintele, Acesta, Vladimir Vlasov, Yuri Kovalchuk, Rotenberg, Petri, Aksenov, Valery Aksenov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Konstantinov, Yevgeny, Укрросбуд, Интерстрой Organizations: Petri, Partidul Regiunilor, Мостотрест, Укртелеком, Киевстар Locations: Crimeea, Sevastopol, Rusiei, Rusia, Crimeei, St . Petersburg, Kovalchuk, Vila, Moscova, Federației Ruse, SUA, UE, Republicii Crimeea, Strâmtoarea Kerci, Vest, Kerci, Laspi, Yalta, Мыс Айя

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