Crimean archive
It’s been five years since the annexation of Crimea and the introduction of sanctions. Since then, dozens of owners of companies working on the peninsula had to either sell their business or think of...
It’s been five years since the annexation of Crimea and the introduction of sanctions. Since then, dozens of owners of companies working on the peninsula had to either sell their business or think of...
A bank, hotels, energy companies. A business empire close to the Russians Yevgeny Giner, Mikhail Voevodin and Alexander Babakov, has grown throughout Ukraine until 2014. After the annexation of Crimea, some of the companies...
Before the annexation of Crimea, Rinat Akhmetov, Ukraine’s richest man, owned the “DTEK Krymenergo” energy company, two factories in Kerch, the “Novyi Kuchuk-Koy” residence in Parkovoye, and the “Bereg” children’s camp in Alushta. After...
How a Ukrainian patriotic businessman and former Verkhovna Rada deputy and his European companies have been working in Crimea for three years, despite the EU sanctions. “There is no better place in the world...
Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev, a shareholder of “Novaya Gazeta” and The Independent, owns a tourism business in the annexed Crimea through European companies, although EU sanctions prohibit it. Russian businessman Alexander Lebedev, who owns...
In late August 2018, large-scale emissions of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen chloride occurred at the “Crimea TITAN” plant in the annexed Crimea. They poisoned thousands of people in several areas. In the fall of...
After the annexation of Crimea, two billion rubles, or $31 million, were earned by the owners of solar power plants on the peninsula – the “Solar” group, which is well known to Russian investigative...
Pavel Lebedev was a member of the team of the fugitive President of Ukraine Viktor Yanukovych and from 2012 to 2014 was the Minister of Defense. After the annexation of Crimea, Lebedev left for...
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...