mmediately after the occupation of Crimea, Russia “legitimized” the historical and cultural heritage of the peninsula in its legal field and included 21 prominent Crimean sites in the federal target program, which provided for repair and restoration and emergency work. However, if historical monuments are not valuable for achieving military goals, under the guise of restoration work, Russia actually destroys them.
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Russia has not returned to its permanent location all the units involved in large-scale military exercises earlier this year, but has only increased its contingent in Crimea.
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How, escaping from sanctions, Russia itself does not recognize Crimea as Russian
Despite loud Russian celebrations on the occasion of the “return” (and, in fact, occupation) of Crimea, the peninsula has been recognized only formally for eight years at the Russian level.
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Russia in flames: residents of Yakutia and Karelia fight forest fires on their own, while officials earn
While Russian President Vladimir Putin was writing an article about “one people” with Ukraine and sending special equipment to quench fires in Turkey, thousands of hectares of forest in Yakutia and Karelia were burning in Russia itself.
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Compulsory-voluntary vaccination: how Russia is testing “Sputnik V” in the occupied territories
At the same time, according to sources of the Ukrainian Security and Cooperation Center (USCC) in the Ukrainian special services, the Russian authorities have created such conditions in the occupied territories of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions that it is almost impossible to avoid vaccination with doubtful vaccines.