Volodymyr Dubovyk
33 °F / 1 °C Port Map Schedule Wiki Hotels News CruiseMapper currently has no ship schedule for Port Sevastopol (Crimea Russia-Ukraine) Sevastopol is Crimea's largest city and a major Russian Black Sea port and naval base. Previously part of Ukraine, since 2014 Sevastopol is part of the...
Some argue that Putin’s annexation of Crimea is an attempt to return Russia to the glory of its pre-Soviet days, “as one of the world’s greatest civilizations.” Although Ukrainian nationalism remains strong, particularly in the eastern part of the country, Ukrainian officials and analysts ...
Local authorities in Crimea made conflicting statements about what the damaged bridge would mean for residents. The peninsula is a popular destination for Russian tourists and home to a Russian naval base. A Russian tourist association estimated that 50,000 tourists were in Crimea on vacation...
President Bazoum was known for his support of Ukraine at the UN and joined a diplomatic initiative to return rule of Crimea to Ukraine, though there were other factors at work in the coup besides pro-Russian sentiment in the military, including Bazoum’s Arab ethnicity in a Hausa-majority ...
Ukraine's political turmoilhas become Europe's most severe security crisis in years and tensions have been high since Russian troops seized control of Crimea two weeks ago. Large numbers of Russian troops are also massed near the border with Russian-speaking eastern Ukraine, which has sharp ...
In 1856, Russia signed theTreaty of Paris, acknowledging their defeat. Per the terms of treaty, they would dismantle their naval base in Sevastopol, Crimea. This pleased France and Britain, who wanted to rid the Black Sea of the Russian threat. But by 1870, Russia began to rebuild the bas...
Russian-appointed authorities in Crimea said the military fended off a Ukrainian strike on a main naval base on Monday, while an exploding drone was also reportedly found in a forest near Moscow — attacks that come as Ukraine is believed to be preparing for a major counteroffensive. ...
Ukraine has accused Russia of violating a bilateral agreement on conditions of a Russian lease of a naval base in Crimea that restricts troop movements, a charge Russia denies. At the United Nations in New York, Russia's ambassador to the U.N., Vitaly Churkin, said Monday that...
In 2010, Russia negotiated an agreement that allows the country to share the all-important Sevastopol naval base through 2042, in exchange for deep discounts of about $40 billion on natural gas from Russia. 3. Guns, gas and grains Beyond the strategic importance of Crimea and Ukraine, the ...