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Russian Defense Entities that Collaborate with the Seized Crimean Enterprises – a Prospective Sanctions List

04 January 2019

At present, the process of technological integration of Crimean enterprises in the Russian military-industrial complex is complete, while its legal integration is nearing completion. This publication analyzes the activity of the RF in regard to the Crimean defense enterprises that are part of the Ukroboronprom concern.

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The Militarization of Crimea as a Pan-European Threat

21 December 2018
The Militarization of Crimea as a Pan-European Threat book is based on the monitoring results of the joint monitoring group of Maidan of Foreign Affairs, the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and BlackSeaNews. Commissioned by the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine.
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The Gray Zone. Crimea: Four Years of Occupation

21 December 2018
"The Gray Zone". Crimea: Four Years of Occupation is the annual report known as "The Occupied Crimea under the Sanctions and Blockade in 2014-2018") published by Maidan of Foreign Affairs Charitable Foundation, the BlackSeaNews internet portal and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies.
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The Real Impact of Crimean Sanctions

21 December 2018
The Real Impact of Crimean Sanctions book is based on the monitoring results of the joint monitoring group of Maidan of Foreign Affairs, the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and BlackSeaNews. Commissioned by the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine.
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The Kerch Bridge and the Spread of the RF Aggression to the Sea of Azov

21 December 2018
The Kerch Bridge and the Spread of the RF Aggression to the Sea of Azov book is based on the monitoring results of the joint monitoring group of Maidan of Foreign Affairs, the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and BlackSeaNews. Commissioned by the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine.
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The Black Sea Threat and NATO Response

20 December 2018
The Black Sea Threat and NATO Response book is based on the data gathered by the joint Monitoring Group of the Maidan of Foreign Affairs, the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and the BlackSeaNews online portal. Commissioned by the Ministry of Information Policy of Ukraine.
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Russia's Economic War Against Ukraine in the Sea of Azov as of December 1, 2018: The Technology of Blocking the Mariupol and Berdyansk Ports

11 December 2018

Russia's economic war against Ukraine in the Sea of Azov as of December 1, 2018: the technology of blocking the Mariupol and Berdyansk ports.

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Database of the Russian Airlines that Flew to the Occupied Crimea in June-September 2018

25 October 2018

The monitoring group of the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, the BSNews and the Maidan of Foreign Affairs presents the June-September 2018 results of monitoring the illegal flights of the Russian airlines to and from the occupied Crimea.

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Banks Under Sanctions: The Database of the Banks Requiring Synchronization Between the Ukrainian, US and EU Sanctions Lists

06 October 2018

The Monitoring Center for the Maidan of Foreign Affairs, the Institute of Strategic Black Sea Studies and the BlackSeaNews online portal are ready to help the state authorities in finding the information and arguments for the effective work with the sanctions.

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Russian Federation Blockade of the Mariupol and Berdyansk Ports: trends and statistics

29 August 2018

For the first time, the joint monitoring group of the Maidan of Foreign Affairs, the Institute of Strategic Black Sea Studies and the BlackSeaNews online portal presents the summary and analysis of the detentions of sea vessels headed to and from the Ukrainian ports in the Sea of ​​Azov — Mariupol and Berdyansk — by the Coast Guard of the FSB Border Service of the Russian Navy.

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«The Gray Zone». The Occupied Crimea: Sanctions Violations in 2017. The Monitoring Results

13 July 2018

The annual report by Maidan of Foreign Affairs, BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies. It contains several databases of violations of the international sanctions in 2017 in the occupied Crimea.

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Illegal Visits of Foreign Citizens to the Territory of the Occupied Crimea in Ferbruary-May 2018 — the Monitoring Results

13 July 2018

The monitoring group of the Maidan of Foreign Affairs, the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies and BlackSeaNews has summarized the results of monitoring the illegal visits of foreign citizens to the occupied Crimean peninsula.

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Database of Vessels en Route from Mariupol to Berdyansk Detained by the RF Coast Guard of the Border Service of the FSB in the Azov Sea

12 July 2018

The Monitoring Group of the Maidan of Foreign Affairs, the Institute of Strategic Black Sea Studies (Kyiv) and the online edition of the BlackSeaNews present the database of sea vessels going to/from Mariupol and Berdyansk, the Ukrainian ports in the Azov Sea.

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"The Gray Zone". Crimea: Four Years of Occupation

11 July 2018

The annual report by Maidan of Foreign Affairs, BlackSeaNews and the Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies. It contains several databases such as a blacklist of maritime violators of so called "Crimean" sanctions for the last four years of Russian occupation.

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New Economic Sanctions Against the RF in Connection With Its Illegal Activity in the Occupied Crimea

05 July 2018

Proposals from Ukrainian think tanks the Maidan of Foreign Affairs and the Institute for Strategic Black Sea Studies, together with the BlackSeaNews online portal for the expansion of the current EU sanctions against Russia in relation to the occupation of Crimea.