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The monitoring of the situation in the Azov Sea - update December 2019

17 January 2020

The Monitoring group of the Institute for Black Sea Strategic Studies, the Maidan of Foreign Affairs and BlackSeaNews are glad to share with you the latest in a series of our monthly studies on Russia's economic war against Ukraine at the Sea of Azov.

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Databаse of airplanes that flew to the occupied Crimea and EU member-states, USA and other destinations in 2019

06 January 2020

The Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs monitoring group presents the list of the aircrafts that flew to the occupied Crimea, as well as to EU member-states, USA and other countries in 2019.

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Blocking the Ukrainian Azov Sea Ports: a Significant Increase Under the Storm Guise

22 October 2019

Below is the monitoring team’s update on the summer-early fall 2019 developments of the already infamous process of obstructing the freedom of navigation in the Kerch Strait for seagoing ships to/from Mariupol and Berdyansk, the Ukrainian ports on the Sea of Azov.

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A «Russian Lake»: the Nine Aspects of the Current Situation in the Black Sea

04 August 2019

The situation in the Black Sea is changing. Its ongoing transformation into a de facto Russian lake is a direct consequence of the occupation and subsequent militarization of Crimea. The analysis is aimed at anyone who cares about the region.

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The Sevastopol Defense Industry and its Russian Collaborators – a Prospective Sanctions List

27 May 2019

The information below is not just an example of how Russian handles the captured peninsula treating it as war booty, but an irrefutable evidence of the Russian military threat to Ukraine and the rest of the world. At the end of the publication you will see a list of 89 enterprises in Sevastopol alone, researched and compiled by the joint Monitoring Group of the Maidan of Foreign Affairs, the Black Sea Strategic Studies Institute and the BlackSeaNews.

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Databаse of airplanes that flew to the occupied Crimea and EU member-states, USA and other destinations in 2018

01 March 2019

The Black Sea Institute of Strategic Studies, BSNews and Maidan of Foreign Affairs monitoring group presents the list of the aircrafts that flew to the occupied Crimea, as well as to EU member-states, USA and other countries in 2018.

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Database of the Russian Aircrafts that Flew to the Occupied Crimea in October-December 2018

15 February 2019

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

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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.