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International legal sources on the occupied Crimean Peninsula:
01 August 2021
UN Security Council // UN General Assembly // UN Conventional Bodies // International Court of Justice // International Criminal Court // European Court on Human Rights // International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea // Arbitrary proceedings in the Permanent Court of Justice (interstate claims) // Arbitrary proceedings in the Permanent Court of Justice (private claims) // OSCE Parliamentary Assembly // Parliamentary Assembly of Council of Europe // European Parliament //
The Presence of NATO Non-Black Sea States’ Warships in the Black Sea in 2013-2021 / The Database
17 July 2021
The Monitoring Group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and BlackSeaNews publishes the database «The Presence of NATO Non-Black Sea States’ Warships in the Black Sea in 2013-2021». Subsequent visits by NATO non-Black Sea states’ ships to the Black Sea will be added to this database.
The Duration of Artificial Delays of Vessels in the Kerch Strait. The Monitoring for June 2021
12 July 2021
In June 2021, the average duration of artificial delays of vessels going from the Black Sea to the Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov, Mariupol and Berdiansk, by the RF was 13.5 hours, vessels carrying exports from Mariupol and Berdiansk were delayed at the exit from the Sea of Azov by the Russian Federation for an average of 21.7 hours.
«Migration weapons»: the replacement of the Crimean population with Russian
11 July 2021
Summarising the statistics, calculations, and estimates outlined above, we can conclude that during the years of the occupation, the population of the peninsula, including Sevastopol, has increased by at least 700 thousand – 1 million people due to external migration. The de facto population of the Crimean Peninsula is at least 3 million people compared with 2,3 million people before the occupation...
Closure of the Black Sea in June, 2021
05 July 2021
The Monitoring Group of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies, BlackSeaNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs reports about closure of the various areas of the Black Sea in June, 2021.
The Electronic Catalogue Research by Western Think Tanks on Crimea and the Situation in the Black Sea
01 July 2021
The electronic catalogue Research by Western Think Tanks on Crimea and the Situation in the Black Sea contains the links to over 50 analytical reports and articles written by authors from the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Australia, etc. in the period 2014-2021. The catalogue is constantly updated. The editors will gratefully accept readers' advice on additions to this library.
The Duration of Artificial Delays of Vessels in the Kerch Strait. The Monitoring for May 2020
14 June 2021
In May 2021, the average duration of artificial delays of vessels going from the Black Sea to the Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov, Mariupol and Berdiansk, by the RF was 15.4 hours, vessels carrying exports from Mariupol and Berdiansk were delayed at the exit from the Sea of Azov by the Russian Federation for an average of 28.3 hours.
Closure of the Black Sea in May, 2021
12 June 2021
The Monitoring Group of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies, BlackSeaNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs reports about closure of the various areas of the Black Sea in May, 2021.
Closure of the Black Sea in April, 2021
20 May 2021
The Monitoring Group of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies, BlackSeaNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs reports about closure of the various areas of the Black Sea in April, 2021.
The Duration of Artificial Delays of Vessels in the Kerch Strait. The Monitoring for January-April 2021
15 May 2021
In April 2021, the average duration of artificial delays of vessels going from the Black Sea to the Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov, Mariupol and Berdiansk, by the RF was 20.9 hours, in March 2021 - 14,3 hours, in February 2021 – 21,2 hours, in January - 54 hours. In April 2021, vessels carrying exports from Mariupol and Berdiansk were delayed at the exit from the Sea of Azov by the Russian Federation for an average of 70 hours, in March 2021 - 41,8 hours, in February 2021 – 54,1 hours, in January - 44,5 hours.
Closure of the Black Sea in March, 2021
20 April 2021
The Monitoring Group of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies, BlackSeaNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs reports about closure of the various areas of the Black Sea in March, 2021.
The Duration of Artificial Delays of Vessels in the Kerch Strait. The Monitoring for January-March 2021
13 April 2021
In January 2021, the average duration of artificial delays of vessels going from the Black Sea to the Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov, Mariupol and Berdiansk, by the RF was 54 hours, in February 2021 – 21,2 hours, in March 2021 - 14,3 hours. In January 2021, vessels carrying exports from Mariupol and Berdiansk were delayed at the exit from the Sea of Azov by the Russian Federation for an average of 44,5 hours, in February 2021 – 54,1 hours, in March 2021 - 41,8 hours.
The Duration of Artificial Delays of Vessels in the Kerch Strait. The Monitoring for January and February 2021
24 March 2021
In January 2021, the average duration of artificial delays of vessels going from the Black Sea to the Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov, Mariupol and Berdiansk, by the RF was 54 hours., in February 2021 – 21,2 hours. In January 2021, vessels carrying exports from Mariupol and Berdiansk were delayed at the exit from the Sea of Azov by the Russian Federation for an average of 44,5 hours, in February 2021 – 54,1 hours.
Illegal Visits to Crimean Ports by Foreign Merchant Ships (Except Russian Ones) in 2020
15 March 2021
While in 2014, the first year of the occupation of Crimea and the year of the imposition of sanctions, 85 vessels violated them, later the number of violators declined annually, and in 2020, there were only 11 such vessels, i.e. their number had decreased eightfold. The impossibility of legal maritime export and import due to sanctions has rendered the whole port industry of occupied Crimea unnecessary for the economy.
Closure of the Black Sea in February, 2021
11 March 2021
The Monitoring Group of the Institute of Black Sea Strategic Studies, BlackSeaNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs reports about closure of the various areas of the Black Sea in February, 2021.