Nov. 29, 2024, 10:32 a.m.
(Photo: Ukrinform)
The so-called Supreme Court of the Republic of Crimea has upheld the claim of the "Public Chamber of the Republic of Crimea" against Ukraine for compensation for damages caused by the "energy blockade" estimated at more than 3.4 trillion rubles (over 1.7 trillion hryvnias).
According to Golos Kryma, this was stated by the so-called head of the "occupation state council of the Republic of Crimea" Vladimir Konstantinov.
"Residents of the republic can apply to the court for compensation for non-pecuniary damage they suffered as a result of the power blockade. However, there will be no need to prove its existence, as the court recognized it as a matter of public knowledge. A positive court decision is of great importance to us. We are systematically forming a base of legally confirmed claims against the terrorist entity "Ukraine". And when the negotiation process begins after our victory, we will present them in full," the occupier said.
On February 20, 2014, Russia committed an international crime, violated the basic principles of international law and the European system, and provoked the largest security crisis in Europe since World War II. In flagrant violation of Ukraine's territorial integrity and sovereignty, Russian troops began occupying Crimea.
Crimea was completely de-energized on the night of November 22, 2015: all four power lines coming from the mainland of Ukraine were knocked out due to the explosion of poles. On December 8, Ukraine resumed the flow of electricity to Crimea via one of the four 220 kV Kakhovka-Titan high-voltage power lines, while the other three 330 kV lines were de-energized. However, on December 30, the flow of electricity through the Kakhovka-Titan line was interrupted.
The Crimean Tatars - Mustafa Dzhemilev and Refat Chubarov - insisted that the electricity supply agreement could only be extended if Crimea was named Ukraine in the document, not part of the Russian Federation.
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