After the annexation of Crimea, Bureau Veritas, an international company with a turnover of almost $ 5 billion, set up a branch in Sevastopol. This organization specializes in examination, certification and audit in a...
Despite the ban on flights to Crimea, Aeroflot makes six scheduled flights to the peninsula everyday just from Moscow. Its passengers are fed by the “Aeromar” catering company; for this, its official branch was...
After the annexation, the owner of the eco-hotel “Artemis” in Crimea Svetlana Sinenko left the peninsula and organized a rehabilitation center for the participants of the armed hostilities in the Donbass. At first, the...
After the annexation of Crimea, the famous “Inkerman Fine Wine Factory” was divided into Ukrainian and “Russian” parts. Wine for export to Russia is bottled at a factory in Sevastopol, and in mainland Ukraine,...
After the annexation of Crimea, one of the largest Ukrainian alcohol producers legally divided its business into Ukrainian and Russian parts. Now “Alef-Vinal” sells “wine with a protected geographical indication of Crimea” in Russia,...
Yellow-blue flags for some and tricolor for others. Producers of Medoff vodka and Koktebel cognac began working in Crimea before annexation. Now alcoholic beverages are produced in Crimea, Russia and mainland Ukraine. Various companies...
One of the largest Russian transport groups, AnRussTrans, has been working in the transportation market for almost 20 years, collaborating with government departments and large private companies. But almost nothing is known about the...
“After the annexation of Crimea, I never went there. Honestly, I’m uncomfortable even thinking about such a trip. I’m not sure that I can calmly withstand the abundance of tricolors. But the Crimea of...
For over a decade, Mikhail Britsyn has been a notable figure in the Crimean politics. In 2006, he became the head of the local branch of the Movement Against Illegal Immigration and organized the...
On May 14, 2018, Oleg Sentsov went on an indefinite hunger strike, demanding the release of 64 Ukrainian political prisoners held by Russia in pre-trial detention centers and penal colonies. Today marks the 16th...
