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Articles with tag "Crimea"

Gasoline Prices in Annexed Sevastopol Jump 30% in One Week

The average price of gasoline in the Crimean port city reached the equivalent of $5.80 per gallon on June 29, according to new Rosstat data.
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‘I Don’t Know When This Will End’: As Ukraine Steps Up Strikes, Crimea Grapples With Fuel Shortages and Blackouts

Kyiv's campaign to isolate Crimea and ramp up pressure on Moscow is transforming life on the annexed peninsula.
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Hermitage Museum Cancels Archaeological Expeditions in Crimea

Alexander Butyagin, head of the museum’s archaeology department, said expeditions had been shelved “until the situation improves.”
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Crimea Declares State of Emergency After Ukraine Hits Energy Grid

Kremlin-installed officials said the state of emergency will remain in place until the “situation improves,” but did not give a concrete timeline.
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Ukrainian Attacks on Bryansk Region and Annexed Crimea Kill At Least 4

The overnight air barrage was also said to have targeted multiple industrial sites across Russia, including an oil depot and refinery.
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Ukrainian Drone Attack Kills 2 in Nizhny Novgorod Region

Governor Gleb Nikitin said two others were hospitalized with injuries, though he did not specify where or when the attack took place.
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Crimea Bans Children’s Summer Camps After Major Ukrainian Attack

The annexed peninsula is grappling with intensifying Ukrainian air assaults, power outages and acute fuel shortages.
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Ukrainian Strikes on Russian-Annexed Crimea Kill 4, Pause Fuel Sales

Ukraine said it targeted military and energy facilities in Crimea in one of the biggest attacks on the peninsula in recent months.
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Crimea Bans Nighttime Motorcycle Riding for Allegedly Disrupting Air Defense Forces

The movement of motorcycles, mopeds, scooters, ATVs and similar modes of transportation will be strictly banned between 8:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. from June...
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Fuel Shortage Hits Crimea's Tourism Industry as Summer Bookings Canceled

Yet some industry participants argued that it was too early to declare the tourist season a failure.
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Small Share of Sevastopol Gas Stations Lift Fuel Rationing Restrictions

Nine out of more than 100 gas stations belonging to a single major retailer have resumed sales in annexed Crimea’s biggest city of Sevastopol
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Ukrainian Strikes Damage Several Bridges Linking Occupied Kherson With Annexed Crimea

Kremlin-installed authorities recently restricted commercial and passenger traffic along major roadways leading to Crimea.
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Rail Service Suspended in Parts of Crimea After Deadly Drone Attack on Train

Authorities said a Ukrainian drone killed the assistant driver of a train traveling from Moscow to Simferopol, the peninsula’s second-largest city.
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Crimea Suspends Gasoline Sales and Distribution of Fuel Vouchers

Authorities in the annexed peninsula did not say when they expected sales to resume at local gas stations.
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Ukrainian Attacks on Annexed Crimea Kill 4

The overnight strikes forced a major gas station chain to suspend the distribution of gasoline vouchers amid a fuel shortage in the region.
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Annexed Crimea’s Largest Gas Station Chain Suspends Fuel Vouchers as Shortage Worsens

Kremlin-backed authorities in the peninsula warned that the current fuel shortage would likely last at least another month.
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Sevastopol Begins Rationing Gasoline Due to ‘Logistical Challenges’

The rationing measures in annexed Crimea’s largest city come as Ukrainian drone strikes against oil refineries across Russia cause a slump in fuel production...
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Crimea Cuts Protected Heritage Site Boundaries for Hotel Project Linked to Putin Allies

President Vladimir Putin’s billionaire childhood friends Boris and Arkady Rotenberg are developing a yacht marina at Balaklava Bay.
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Ukrainian Attack Kills 5 in Annexed Crimea as Kyiv Accuses Russia of Violating Its Ceasefire

Kremlin-installed officials said the Tuesday night attack targeted Dzhankoi, a town in the north of the peninsula that is home to a military airbase.
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Ukrainian Drone Attack on Sevastopol Kills 1 – Moscow-Installed Governor

The attack damaged several homes and a dance school in different neighborhoods of the port city.
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