On 5 July 2017, Reuters wrote, citing three of its own sources with knowledge of the delivery, that two turbines of the German technology company Siemens were delivered to occupied Crimea. One of Reuters‘ sources told the outlet...
Vladimir, regarding Crimean problems one should perhaps start with the issue of fresh water. As far as we know, the problems are being aggravated as, according to local residents, the new-coming settlers from Russia – Ed. irrigate...
Ukraine’s energy system has a chance to dump its dependency on Russia and synchronize its work with the European energy market. On 28 June 2017, Ukraine’s national energy company Ukrenergo signed an agreement on the...
Ukraine’s favorable geographic position contributes to the development of alternative energy. In the next few years, work will be carried out in three directions: wind energy, solar energy and hydropower. Experts consider the solar...
April 26th will be the 31st anniversary of the Chornobyl nuclear disaster. For that time, most of the land in the exclusion zone has gone unused. But now, Ukraine is making plans to reclaim the Chornobyl Exclusion Zone for safer forms of...
The blockade participants insist that trade with the occupied territories sponsors the terrorists from the so-called republics which lead a war against Ukraine, and that it’s being covered up by Ukrainian authorities, who profit from it....
The blockade of coal supply from the temporarily occupied territories of Donetsk and Luhansk regions is a hot topic of last week’s political battles. Activists and politicians have been blocking few railroad hauls in Donetsk and Luhansk...
For a long time corruption in Ukraine’s energy industry was the great nemesis of all reform efforts. Since independence, the sale of natural gas was heavily subsidized, ostensibly to protect consumers but in reality to enrich the...
Energy corruption in Ukraine has been an ongoing problem ever since the country’s independence from the USSR in 1991. Up until Yanukovych’s downfall, the energy sector has always been dominated by these so-called oligarchs who are...
Gas pipeline issues have attracted far more attention, but a plan for a unified energy network among European Union members appears likely to have serious consequences for Kaliningrad, the non-contiguous Russian exclave that is bordered by...
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Is Poroshenko just like Yanukovych?
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Summary The international scandal which started when Siemens gas turbines were spotted in occupied Crimea on 29 June 2017 is gaining intensity. The equipment is planned to be the heart of the two electricity stations now under frantic...
