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

15:00 13.07.2018

Crimea

by Daniil KHMELNIK, BlackSeaNews

Translated by Tetyana Puchkova

All in all, between February and May 2018, we have identified 231 foreigners who have illegally visited the occupied Crimea.

The number of the foreigner visits to the occupied Crimea in February-May 2018.

During that time, most of the visitors to the occupied peninsula were German citizens. Over the four months, we have identified 30 Germans who illegally visited Crimea.

The peninsula was most popular among the members of the German right-wing populist party Alternative for Germany (AdG). In February, the so-called. «delegation» of eight AdG representatives in the land parliaments arrived to Crimea. Despite all the hoopla the visit caused in the Kremlin mass media, in truth, it had a largely private nature and was partially paid for by the host country — the German national cultural autonomy in the occupied Crimea. In Germany itself, the initiative of these local politicians provoked outrage not only from the federal government, but also from the AdG leadership itself.

In March, members of the same German party were noticed in Crimea again, this time, as "international observers" in the illegal Russian presidential elections there. The AdG representatives also didn’t miss the Yalta International Economic Forum in April.

Two German citizens of the Russian origin, Nellie Schultz and Nikolai Uryvsky, deserve special attention. For Uryvsky, who calls himself a representative of a certain Eurasian Society, that was not the first visit to the occupied Crimea. For instance, he was a participant of the 2017 Yalta IV «Peace Forum.» In March 2018, Uryski and Schultz brought to Crimea a group of 17 German schoolchildren to participate in the «Russian-German Children's Diplomacy Day» within the framework of the «Academy of Children's Diplomacy.» This project was started by the German national-cultural autonomy in Yalta in September 2016 in cooperation with School No. 1. As reported by the Crimean media, «the project has launched the School of Young People's Diplomats, held the language clubs season and established communication and friendly connections with Germany’s public organizations.»

The German school group in the occupied Crimea. March 27, 2018. Photo by crimea.ria.ru.

In May, although that time a certain Andreas Kozak was named the group leader, Uryvsky brought to the Crimea another group «people's diplomats» with the customary assurances of eternal friendship and abstract promises of cooperation in all areas.

One more group of German citizens who visited the occupied Crimea consisted of the members of the Ludwigsburg-Yevpatoria Friendship Society and musicians of the Ludwigsburg symphony orchestra. In Yevpatoria, Ludwigsburg’s sister city, the German musicians conducted a symphonic music concert.

But the record in the number of visits to the occupied Crimea over the period of the BSNews monitoring certainly belongs to Germany’s Andreas Maurer. This scandalous Head of the Left (Die Linke) faction in the Quakenbrück City Council came to the peninsula in August 2017 as part of the «German delegation», in October of the same year — as part of the «Norwegian delegation», in November he was a member of the «Friends of Crimea Forum», in March 2018 — an «international observer» in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea and in April he could not miss the «Yalta International Economic Forum».

Among foreigners who have been frequenting Crimea is also Mr. Weber from Norway, who, just like Uryvsky, has been promoting the «people's diplomacy». They are not the first time to come to the occupied Crimea - the «Norwegian delegation» in October 2017, Putin's election in Crimea in March 2018, «Yalta International Economic Forum» in April.

In May 2018 the occupied peninsula was visited by another colorful character — Maria Romanova, a permanent resident of Spain who calls herself a «Grand Duchess» and «the Head of the Russian Imperial House» and her son Georgi Romanov — «His Imperial Highness the Sovereign Heir Crown Prince». Not surprisingly, far from all the descendants of the Romanovs agree with such positioning... Nevertheless, Maria Romanova is deeply loved by the Russian media for her generous promises that the West will recognize the legitimacy of the Crimean occupation and for her advocacy of the matter. However, by now, even the fanatic adherents of the «Russian world» start raising public doubts in these promises. For example, the former «Prosecutor General» of the occupied Crimea, Natalia Poklonskaya, who in 2014 received the «St. Anastasia Female Imperial Medal» from Maria Romanova's hands in commemoration of the Crimea aссession to Russia, has later called Maria and Georgy Romanov «traveling salesmen with fuzzy goals» and «the sons of lieutenant Schmidt» — a reference to the unsophisticated scam artists from the popular Soviet novel The Golden Calf — and their visit to the Crimea «self-promotion», the opinion that has cost Natalia the medal…

Georgi and Maria Romanov on June 1, 2018, the day of the tourist season start in Feodosia.

Another frequent guest in Crimea is the Italian Stefano Valdeghamberi, a deputy of the regional parliament of the Veneto region. Under his belt he already has the above-mentioned Friends of Crimea Forum, the presidential elections and the Yalta International Economic Forum.

Overall, we have identified 21 persons from Italy, which in the number of citizens who visited the occupied Crimea makes it second only to Germany.

Four Italian citizens visited the agrarian forum AgroExpoCrime in Yalta in February as representatives of the agro-industrial complex of the Italian region Veneto (Venice). And, of course, despite the fact that the visit was supposedly business-like, both the guests and the occupants kept emphasizing that «the Italian region of Veneto «was the first to demand the recognition of the Crimean referendum by the Italian authorities». As reported by Russian media, that was the «delegation’s» second visit to the Yalta forum.

Another Italian «delegation» of two people visited Yalta. For one of them, Rinaldo Vincentini, it is the third trip to the occupied peninsula.

In May, a group of Italian citizens visited the Mount Gasfort memorial to the Sardinian kingdom soldiers who fell at the first Siege of Sevastopol in 1854-1855. The memorial stands on the site of the Crimean War Italian military cemetery destroyed in the World War II. The Italians planned to restore the military cemetery on Gasfort, lay out a park there and erect a monument to the Russian-Italian friendship. However, the later was not meant to be, as the event had not been coordinated with the Sevastopol’s «government». So, the Italians and the «deputies» of the Sevastopol «Legislative Assembly» just laid flowers at the memorial.

The next most numerous group came from Syria and mostly consisted of YIEF-2018 participants — 81 people, of which we have recognized 14. The group included businessmen, journalists and members of the current government. The occupants proudly claim more than 3,200 forum participants from 70 countries. In 2018, the forum focused on Syria and the African countries. The invaders have openly stated that they «specifically welcomed the participation of the small countries representatives in the YIEF. The reason is that the UN General Assembly has «adopted anti-Russia and anti-Crimea resolutions, but the small countries were neutral». Africa was represented by various public figures and politicians from Benin, Congo, Zimbabwe, Chad, Eritrea and South Africa.

According to the official announcement, the forum had resulted in over 100 contracts and agreements with a total worth of more than 160 billion rubles. The outcomes seem even more impressive than in 2017, when more than 30 contracts and agreements totaling 100 billion rubles had been claimed. However, a year later, only three of those have made it to the implementation stage…

Other Syrian visitors were crew members of the ships that despite the sanctions regime, called at the ports of Crimea. They were identified thanks to the PSB-News investigation.

The Syrian Economy Minister, Mohammad Samer al-Khalil, and members of the Syrian delegation at the Livadiya Palace, April 21, 2018. Photo from forumyalta2018.tassphoto.com

Besides the YIEF, the IVth media forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations, was also held in Yalta that same month. According to the invaders, 60 journalists from Russia, Albania, Bangladesh, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Kuwait, Algeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Uzbekistan, Indonesia, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan and Morocco took part in it. We have managed to identify 18 of those.

A group of 13 young people, mostly students, arrived to the occupied Crimea in March as part of the forum Russia — a Country of Opportunities, held in Moscow on March 13-16. The forum participants also visited the Sevastopol polling stations of the illegal in Crimea presidential elections.

The mayor and vice-mayor of the French city Marignane came to Yevpatoria to establish the sister-city ties. In the agreement, the twin-city relations have been delicately called the «inter-municipal cooperation». At the same time, the French Foreign Ministry declared the agreement a violation of the international law. «Our position is clear: the signing of the agreement of the Marignane municipality does not reflect the position of the French government. Also, the participation of French elected officials in the ceremony is their personal initiative that we regret», stated the representative of the French Foreign Ministry.

The Marignane representatives in Yevpatoria on May 14, 2018

Another «delegation» worth mentioning is that of six Czech citizens, including Senate deputy Jaroslav Doubrava, Parliament deputy Zdeněk Ondráček, deputy chairman of the Communist Party Josef Skala, chairman of the Czech Union of Fighters for Freedom Jaroslav Vodička, activist Elena Vichanova and publicist Zharko Jovanovic. The reason these figures aren’t yet in our list is because the photos of the senator surrounded by the Russian military men signed «Visit to Crimea» were taken in... Volgograd, Russia…


Tony Kevin	Australia	Former Australian Ambassador to Poland and Cambodia
Nahmad Abyev	Azerbaijan	Captain of the seven-time violator of the Crimea sanctions regime, dry cargo tanker KAPTAN
Serge Fokas	Benin	President of the non-profit organization House of Africa, visited the occupied Crimea as part of the Benin «delegation»
Georges Bada	Benin	The Mayor of Abomey-Kalavi, ex-deputy of the Benin's parliament, visited the occupied Crimea as part of the Benin «delegation»
Roger Beckamp	Germany	Member of the Land Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia (the «Alternative for Germany» party), visited the occupied Crimea as part of the German «delegation»
Laatsch Harald	Germany	Member of the Berlin Parliament (the «Alternative for Germany» party), visited the occupied Crimea as part of the German «delegation»
Blex Christian	Germany	Member of the Land Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia (the «Alternative for Germany» party), visited the occupied Crimea as part of the German «delegation»
Nick Vogel	Germany	Member of the Land Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia (the «Alternative for Germany» party), visited the occupied Crimea as part of the German «delegation»
Seifen Helmut	Germany	Member of the Land Parliament of North Rhine-Westphalia (the «Alternative for Germany» party), visited the occupied Crimea as part of the German «delegation»
Hugh Bronson	Germany	Member of the Berlin Parliament (the «Alternative for Germany» party), visited the occupied Crimea as part of the German «delegation»
Eugen Schmidt	Germany	Member of the «Alternative for Germany» party, visited the occupied Crimea as part of the German «delegation»
Rainer Balzer	Germany	Member of the «Alternative for Germany» party, visited the occupied Crimea as part of the German «delegation»
Gunnar Lindermann	Germany	Member of the «Alternative for Germany» party, visited the occupied Crimea as part of the German «delegation»
Mahmoud Elberrawy	Egypt	Crew member of RANDA, ship-violator of the Crimea sanctions
Emanuele Cisi	Italy	Italian saxophonist, professor of the Turin Conservatory and organizer of the largest in Europe Turin Jazz Festival, gave solo concerts in the occupied Crimea
Eliseo Bertolasi	Italy	Doctor of Anthropological Sciences, entrepreneur, founder of the Russian-Italian company Agrovenation, participant of the VIth Agrarian Forum AgroExpoKrym, visited the VIIth International Furniture Exhibition in Crimea in 2016
Palmarino Zoccatelli	Italy	Vice-president of the Veneto-Russia Association, participant of the VIth Agrarian Forum AgroExpoKrym
Rinaldo Vicentini	Italy	Italian architect, member of the Italian «delegation» from the city of Rovigo, repeatedly visited the occupied Crimea
Marino Parmigiani	Italy	Member of the Italian «delegation» from the city of Rovigo
Alberto Magagna	Italy	Representative of the Albrigi firm, participant of the VIth Agrarian Forum AgroExpoKrym
Fausto Faccia	Italy	Representative of the Faccia Technology firm, participant of the VIth Agrarian Forum AgroExpoKrym
Ziad Kheder	Syria	Captain of the violator of the Crimea sanctions regime, dry cargo ship LAODICEA
Khalil Bkbachi	Syria	Captain of the violator of the Crimea sanctions regime, dry cargo ship RANDA
Raed Taearh	Syria	Captain of the violator of the Crimea sanctions regime, dry cargo ship RAINBOW H
William Alsayd	Syria	Crew member of RANDA, ship-violator of the Crimea sanctions
Ali Abass	Syria	Crew member of RANDA, ship-violator of the Crimea sanctions
Mustafa Deeb	Syria	Crew member of RANDA, ship-violator of the Crimea sanctions

March 2018
	Ehlas Tamim Mohammed	Afghanistan	The head of the Afghan youth movement, the general director of the Lissantorg firm in Moscow, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Vanya Dobreva	Bulgaria	MP of the 41st and 42nd convocations, ex-Deputy Minister of Education, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in Russia in the occupied Crimea
	Lais Vitória Cunha de Aguiar	Brazil	Student of theUniversidade de Brasília, participant of the Forum Russia — the Country of Opportunities in Sevastopol
	Clive Jones	UK	Singer, gave two concerts in Simferopol
	Mohamed Al-Hamali	UK	Served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in Russia in the occupied Crimea
	Qang Huynh Duc	Vietnam	Student of the Vietnam Central Railroad College, participant of the Forum Russia — the Country of Opportunities in Sevastopol
	Nikolai Uryvskyi	Germany	Representative of the so-called «Eurasian Society», founder of the Russian community of Hamburg, brought German children to the occupied Crimea during the Days of the Russian-German children's «people's diplomacy», also visited Crimea in October 2017
	Nelly Schulz	Germany	Representative of the Augsbyrg youth organization Svetlyachok. As part of the Russian-German Children's People's Diplomacy Days, brought German minors to the occupied Crimea
	Artur Leier	Germany	A native of the Russian Federation, German journalist and public figure, member of the German pro-Russian political party Left ("Die Link»), participant of the Forum Russia — the Country of Opportunities in Sevastopol
	Ulrich Oehme	Germany	An Alternative for Germany deputy, Served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in Russia in the occupied Crimea
	Andreas Maurer	Germany	German politician and public figure, Chairman of the faction in the City Council of Quakenbrück, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea, has repeatedly visited the Russia-occupied Crimea
	Lars Borndau Hollender	Denmark	Former employee of the OSCE missions, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea, has repeatedly visited the Russia-occupied Crimea
	Ali Mahmoud Elnaggar	Egypt	Crew member of the three-times Crimea sanctions regime violator, dry cargo ship RAINBOW H
	Mohammed Abd Ellateef	Egypt	Participant of the Forum Russia — the Country of Opportunities in Sevastopol
	Mariya Olshanskaya	Israel	Served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Diana Lutsker	Israel	Served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Mohammad Qardan	Jordan	Student, participant of the Forum Russia — the Country of Opportunities in Sevastopol
	Yurii Chuguyev	Spain	A Spanish composer of Russian origin. Has performed in Crimea a number of times
	Roma Monfa Narciss	Spain	Served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Diego Gulien Perez	Spain	Served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Javi de Lara	Spain	Employee of the Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, participant of the Forum «Russia — the Country of Opportunities» in Sevastopol
	Enrique Javier Refoyo Acedo	Spain	Member of the Spanish association East-Solidarity-Donbass, political scientist, translator, member of the Katehon analytical center, participant of the Forum Russia — the Country of Opportunities in Sevastopol
	Marco Marsilli	Italy	Employee of the Portuguese Center for International Studies, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Stefano Valdegamberi	Italy	Deputy of the Veneto regional parliament, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea, visited the previously occupied Crimea in November and April 2017
	Greta Panettieri	Italy	Jazz singer, performed in Simferopol and Sevastopol as part of her «Russian tour»
	Dimitris Liatsos	Cyprus	Bureau Chief of the Greece State Television, Doctor of Philology, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Sofokli Sofoklis Yanni	Cyprus	J.D., diplomat, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Skevi Kukuma	Cyprus	Deputry of the Cyprus Parliament, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Elias Demetriou	Cyprus	Served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Ivan Cruz	Colombia	Student of the St.Thomas University, participant of the Forum Russia — the Country of Opportunities in Sevastopol
	Alexander Gaponenko	Latvia	Co-chairman of the Joint Congress of Russian Communities of Latvia, President of the Institute for European Studies, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Nishan Selvarajah	Malaysia	An activist involved in investment projects, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Hendrick Weber	Norway	Head of the People Diplomacy Norway, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea, earlier visited the occupied Crimea in 2015 and 2017
	Matte Weber	Norway	Journalist, spouse of Hendrick Weber, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea, earlier visited the occupied Crimea in 2015 and 2017
	Muhammad Ibrahim Khan	Pakistan	Director of the Green Pakistan National Project, participant of the Forum Russia — the Country of Opportunities in Sevastopol
	Absa Komal	Pakistan	Journalist, TV personality, participant of the Forum Russia — the Country of Opportunities in Sevastopol
	Dragana Trifković	Serbia	Political scientist, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Slaviša Ristic	Serbia	MP from the Zubin Potoc municipality, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Marija Janjušević	Serbia	MP of the National Assembly of Serbia from Dveri, the right-wing political party. Served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Djordje Petrovic	Serbia	Employee of the University of Kragujevac, participant of the Forum Russia — the Country of Opportunities in Sevastopol
	Kline Preston	US	Chair of the NGO Institute for Progress Through Law, Head of the Law Firm, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Gilbert Doctorow	US	Co-founder of the American Committee for East-West Accord (ACEWA), served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Joshua Yaffa	US	The New Yorker reporter, follows the courts in the occupied Crimea
	Güler Nesrin Kocaman	Turkey	Participant of the Forum Russia — the Country of Opportunities in Sevastopol
	Daria Skippari-Smirnov	Finland	Head of the Russia-Finland Friendship Association, visited Crimea as part of the «Finnish delegation»
	Johan Bäckman	Finland
	Eero Hult	Finland	Served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Nocolas Charras	France	A political science of Russian origin, participant of the Forum Russia — the Country of Opportunities in Sevastopol
	Jacques Myard	France	Mayor of Maisons-Laffitte, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Jérôme Lambert	France	Member of the Socialist Party, nephew of former PM François Mitterrand, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Ulf Axel Herman Grönlund	Sweden	Former of the St.Catherine’s church in St.Petersburg; has long-established bussiness in Russia, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Alexander Grönlund	Sweden	Son of Ulf Axel Herman Grönlund. Served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea
	Daniel Christopher Wallander	Sweden	Conductor, an alum of St.Petersburg Conservatory, served as an observer in the illegal presidential elections in the occupied Crimea

April 2018
	Erwin Thoma	Austria	A construction and lumber businessman, visited Crimea as part of the «People's Diplomacy» project. Earlier, already visited the Russia-occupied Crimea
	Detlef Wimmer	Austria	Deputy Mayor of Lintz, an YIEF-2018 participant, earlier visited Crimea on numerous occasions
	Alexander Petrets	Austria	Employee of the Institute of Structural Development, the YIEF-2018 participant,
	David Kainrath	Austria	Employee of the Association of Local Enterprises Austria
	Barbara Kramer	Austria	Businesswoman, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Alfred Kramer	Austria	Businessman, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Behnam Gurbanzade	Azerbaijan	Deputy Chairman of the Board of Sberbank of Russia and ex-head of the Islamic Finance Department of the International Bank of Azerbaijan, participant of the IVth forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations in Yalta
	Mizanur Rahman Khan	Bangladesh	Co-editor of the The Daily Prothom Alo, participant of the IVth Yalta forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Shuprova Tasneem	Bangladesh	Writer, journalist and editor of the DhakaTribune, participant of the IVth Yalta forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Georges Bada	Benin	Mayor of Abomey-Calavi, an YIEF-2018 participant, earlier visited the occupied Crimea
	Gerard Florent Akpakun	Benin	Member of the Africa House NGO, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Serge Phocas Odunlami	Benin	Head of the Africa House NGO, an YIEF-2018 participant, earlier visited the occupied Crimea
	Frank Creyelman	Belgium	Municipal adviser to the right-wing party Flemish Interest, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Peter Vergauwen	Belgium	Trade consultant at the port of Antwerpen, owner of the Flanders Maritime Port Services, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Christian Verougstraete	Belgium	Politician, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Hristo Marinov	Bulgaria	Chair of the National Unity Foundation, member of the Attaka nationalist party, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Milush Milushev	Bulgaria	Representative of the Bulgarian Military Union NGO, member of the nationalist Attaka party, an YIEF-2018 participant, earlier already visited the occupied Crimea
	Yavor Notev	Bulgaria	Vice Chairperson of the National Assembly of Bulgaria, member of the Attaka nationalist party, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Ivan Marazov	Bulgaria	Public figure, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Volen Siderov	Bulgaria	Journalist and politician, leader of the Attaka nationalist party, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Boris Anzov	Bulgaria	Journalist, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Henrique Domingues	Brazil	Student of the Comércio Exterior na FATEC Zona Leste, Deputy Secretary of the PCdoB GRU, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Joseph Butore	Burundi	Vice-President of Burundi, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Bill Etheridge	UK	EU Parliament deputy, representative of the UK Independence Party, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Neil Clark	UK	Journalist, blogger, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Andreas Maurer	Germany	Head of the Left (Die Linke) faction in the Quakenbrück City Council, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea numerous times
	Marcus Fronmayer	Germany	Bundestag deputy from the AfD party, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Waldemar Gerdt	Germany	AfD deputy, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Robbi Shlundt	Germany	AfD deputy, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Gunnar Lindermann	Germany	Berlin Parliament deputy from AfD, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Eugen Schmidt	Germany	AfD member, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Richard Gretzinger	Germany	Retired, together with the AfD members, attended the YIEF-2018
	Stefan T. Keuter	Germany	AfD member, deputy from Essen of the Bundestag of the 19th convocation, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Ilias Metoikidis	Greece	Vice Chair of the Greek-Russian Alliance, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Pavlos Christus	Greece	Retired Leutenant General of the Greek Air Force, Chair of the Friends of Crimea society in Greece, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea numerous times
	Kostas Isihos	Greece	Former Deputy Minister of National Defense, an YIEF-2018 participant
	El Pontios	Greece	Singer, participant of the Crimean Lighthouse 2.0 festival
	Anatoly Bibilov	Georgia	Head of the unrecognized South Ossetia, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Dmitry Medoyev	Georgia	Minister of Foreign Affairs of the self-proclaimed South Ossetia «state,» an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Arthur Mikvabiya	Georgia	Former Prime Minister of the self-proclaimed South Ossetia «state», an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Adgur Ardzimba	Georgia	Minister of Economy of the self-proclaimed Abkhazia «state», an YIEF-2018
	Cristopher Mutsvangva	Zimbabwe	Special advisor to the President of Zimbabwe, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Mahmoud Elberrawy	Egypt	Crew member of RANDA, ship-violator of the Crimea sanctions
	Essam Mohamed Abouelnasr	Egypt	Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Al Ahbar newspaper, participant of the IVthe forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Hamdy Handal El Sayed Mohamed	Egypt	VP of the Al-Gumhuriya newspaper, participant of the IVthe forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Gamil Mohamed Said Mohamed Afifi	Egypt	Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the Al-Akram newspaper, participant of the IVthe forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Nourhan El Sheikh	Egypt	Professor of political science, University of Cairo, participant of the IVthe forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Samaa Soliman	Egypt	Foreign relations expert at the Information and Decision Support Center of the Cabinet of Ministers of Egypt, participant of the IVthe forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Kotwani Manoj (Sammy)	India	Honorary President of the Moscow-based Indian Business Alliance, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Hriday Sarma	India	Chief business strategist of Relex Blockchain, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Ravi Navlani	India	Director of Surya Group, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Purnima Anand	India	President of the BRICS International Forum and International Federation of Indo-Russian Youth Clubs, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Kartika Sari	Indonesia	Chief executive editor of the Rakyat Merdeka Daily, participant of the IVthe forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Shehab Makahaleh	Jordan	Director of the Geostrategic Media Center, political observer, participant of the IVthe forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Elgishan Nabil	Jordan	Deputy of the Jordanian National Assembly, participant of the IVthe forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Watheq Al-Hashimi	Iraq	Director of the Baghdad-based Iraqi Group for Strategic Studies, currently a fellow at the Washington-based International Center for Journalists sponsored by the exchange of the US Embassy in Baghdad, participant of the IVthe forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Emad Abshenas	Iran	Political and economic analyst, participant of the IVthe forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Birgitta Jónsdóttir	Iceland	Founder of the Pirate Party, Head of the International Modern Media Institute, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Rinaldo Vicentini	Italy	Architect, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Manuel Vescovi	Italy	Senator, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Vito Comencini	Italy	Deputy of the Chamber of Deputies, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Roberto Ciambetti	Italy	President of the Regional Council of Veneto, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Javier Hurtado Mira	Italy	President of the Democrat Youth Community of Europe, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Stefano Valdegamberi	Italy	Deputy of the Regional Council of Veneto, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea numerous times
	Valentina Pogolsa	Italy	Representative of the Marmi Corradini Group, participant of the IXth Construction Forum in Yalta
	Eliseo Bertolasi	Italy	Anthropologist, businessman, founder of the Agrovenetia firm, participant of the IXth Construction Forum in Yalta, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Roberto Perantoni	Italy	Entrepreneur, representative of the SMARTQ Technology company, participant of the IXth Construction Forum in Yalta
	Michele Veggian	Italy	Entrepreneur, representative of the Evotek company, participant of the IXth Construction Forum in Yalta
	Alexandros Tsopozidis	Cyprus	Singer, participant of the Crimean Lighthouse 2.0 festival
	Ge Ji Li	China	Head of the Russia-Eastern Europe-Central Asia exchange and cooperation society, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea numerous times
	Huan Zhang	China	Founder of Head of the Daex Blockchain Group Limited, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Jean-Claude Mokeni Ataningamu	Congo	Politician, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Ernesto Guevara	Cuba	Son of the Cuban revolutionary Ernesto «Che» Guevara, attended the opening of the archival exhibit devoted to his father
	Samira Frimesh	Kuweit	Reporter of the weekly Al-Nahar, participant of the IVthe forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Mako Mohale	Lesotho	Government member, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Abdullah Jabri	Lebanon	Editor-in-chief of the Ath-Thabat newspaper, participant of the IVthe forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Mariko Oumar	Mali	Deputy of the National Assembly, co-founder and Secretary General of the communist party Solidarité Africaine Pour la Démocratie et l’indépendance, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Claudia Corichi García	Mexico	Deputy of the LXIII Legislature of the Mexican Congress, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Umaru Abdurrahman	Niger	Deputy of the National Assembly, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Tanimun Umarou	Niger	Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Hendrik Weber	Norway	Head of the association of the «people diplomats», an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea numerous times
	Jacek Wilk	Poland	Sejm deputy, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Ljubisa Jukic	Serbia	A project designer and head engineer of the Tavrida freeway service zones construction, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Boško Obradović	Serbia	Head of the Dveri movement, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Dragana Trifkovic	Serbia	Political scientist, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Alaa Ebrahim	Syria	Journalist, security and economics expert, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Zuheir Herbeck	Syria	Head of the group of businessmen of the Middle Eastern countries, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Ibrahim Khodr al-Salem	Syria	Governor of the Latakia province, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Mohammad Samer al-Khalil	Syria	Minister of Economy and Foreign Trade, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Samer Hassan	Syria	Head of the Russian-Syrian Business Council, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Salem Abdel Munem	Syria	Head of the Moscow Bureau of the Al Mayadeen TV channel, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Riad Haddad	Syria	Syrian Ambassador to the RF, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Jamal Ad-Dain Kanbara	Syria	Secretary of the Russian-Syrian Business Council, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Zuhair Khzeim	Syria	The General Director of the Military Housing Establishment, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Rania Bassad	Syria	Head of the department of the Administrative Development and Informatics of the Ministry of Communication and Technology, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Mohamed Gerodier	Syria	Director for Planning at the Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Fares Al-Shehabi	Syria	Chair of the Syrian Union of Chambers of Industry, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Ziad Suleiman	Syria
	Ján Čarnogursky	Slovakia	Former Prime Minister of Slovakia and the former chairman of the Christian Democratic Movement, Chairman of the Slovak-Russian Association, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea numerous times
	Mohamed Elnour	Sudan	Journalist of the Al Ilyaf newspaper, participant of the IVth forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Julian Henry Lowenfeld	US	Poet, playwright, trial lawyer, composer, and translator, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Caleb Maupin	US	Journalist and political analyst, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Abdelaziz Messaoudi	Tunisia	Member of the Al-Massar party leadership, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Hakan Aksay	Turkey	Journalist, participant of the IVth forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Eray Celebi	Turkey	Chief news director at the Ulusal TV channel, participant of the IVth forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Seda Akyüz	Turkey	Journalist of the Aydınlık newspaper, participant of the IVth forum Journalists of Muslim Countries for Partnership Between Civilizations
	Ünver Sel	Turkey	Head of the pro-Russian Federation of the Crimean Tatar Cultural Organizations of Turkey, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Armi Garcia	Philippines	Honorary Consul of the RF in the Philippines, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Nicolas Bay	France	Deputy of the EU Parliament, VP of the National Front party, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Jacques Sapir	France	Head of the Centre d'études des modes d'industrialisation, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Nicolas Dhuicq	France	Mayor of Brienne-le-Château, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Thierry Mariani	France	Member of the French National Assembly, VP of the Association Dialogue Franco Russe, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea
	Juliennes Roshedi	France	Representative of the National Youth Foundation, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Adjedum Uaddai	Chad	Head of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Chad National Assembly, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Abakar Outman	Chad	Head of the Budget Control Committee of the Chad National Assembly, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Jaromir Kohlíček	Czech Republic	Deputy of the EU Parliament, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea numerous times
	Jaroslav Doubrava	Czech Republic	Deputy of the Senate, banned from entering Ukraine after the November 2014 visit to the occupied Luhansk, previously visited the occupied Crimea numerous times
	Alexander Gegalchiy	Czech Republic	President of the Prague-based International Russian Award Foundation, member of the Czech delegation at the YIEF-2018
	Teklay Minassie Asgedom	Eritrea	Ambassador of Eritrea to Russia, an YIEF-2018 participant, signed letter of intentions between the Sevastopol «authorities» and the adiministration of Massawa
	Njabulo Nzuzo	South Africa	Secretary General of the ANC Youth League, an YIEF-2018 participant
	Mitsuhiro Kimura	Japan	Leader of the far-right movement Issui-kai, an YIEF-2018 participant, previously visited the occupied Crimea


Benoît Mussche	Belgium	Amateur film director, currently is making a «documentary» on life in the occupied Crimea
Victoria Tushik	Germany	Lawyer, advisor to a Bundestag deputy, came to Crimea as part of the «people’s diplomats» group
Frank Shalk	Germany	Financial advisor, came to Crimea as part of the «people’s diplomats»
Kai Konrad	Germany	Came to Crimea as part of the «people’s diplomats» group
Nikolai Uryvsky	Germany	President of the Eurasian Society, came to Crimea as part of the «people’s diplomats» group, previously visited Crimea numerous times
Andreas Kozak	Germany	Construction engineer, leader of the «people’s diplomats» delegation to the occupied Crimea
Siegfried Bauer	Germany	Conductor of the Ludwigsburg symphony orchestra, professor, member of the Ludwigsburg delegation to Yevpatoria, took part in the concert Music as the Bridge Between Yevpatoria and Ludwigsburg
Waltraud Bauer	Germany	Musician, educator, member of the Ludwigsburg delegation to Yevpatoria
Nelle Grillmaier	Germany	Member of the Ludwigsburg delegation to Yevpatoria
Karsten Lohmann	Germany	Musician of the Ludwigsburg symphony orchestra, member of the Ludwigsburg delegation to Yevpatoria
Ulrich Hebenstreit	Germany	Chair of the Friends of Yevpatoria society, member of the Ludwigsburg delegation to Yevpatoria
Dorothee Laun	Germany	Musician of the Ludwigsburg symphony orchestra, member of the Ludwigsburg delegation to Yevpatoria
Simona Miller	Germany	Musician of the Ludwigsburg symphony orchestra, member of the Ludwigsburg delegation to Yevpatoria
Mariya Romanova	Spain	Self-proclaimed «Head of the Russian Imperial House» in excile, a public activist
Georgy Romanov	Spain	Self-proclaimed «His Imperial Highness the Sovereign Heir Crown Prince» in excile
Mirko Preatoni	Italy	President of the Sycre company, visited the memorial to the Sardinian kingdom soldiers who fell at the first Siege of Sevastopol in 1854-1855
Pierre Federico Locco	Italy	Russia-based employee of the Sycre company, visited the memorial to the Sardinian kingdom soldiers who fell at the first Siege of Sevastopol in 1854-1855
Ezio Petrini	Italy	Representative of Army Bersaglieri, an association in memory of Alessandro La Marmorathe, a descendant of the General Major Alessandro La Marmorathe, visited the memorial to the Sardinian kingdom soldiers who fell at the first Siege of Sevastopol in 1854-1855
Diego Montrone	Italy	Musician, visited the memorial to the Sardinian kingdom soldiers who fell at the first Siege of Sevastopol in 1854-1855
Dario Angaroni	Italy	Social medicine entrepreneur, visited the memorial to the Sardinian kingdom soldiers who fell at the first Siege of Sevastopol in 1854-1855
Vang Hi Ching	China	Entrepreneur, member of the Zinoviev club, considers investment options into the Crimean fisheries
Eric Le Disse	France	Mayor of Marignane, signed the agreement on the fraternal relations with Yevpatoriya, previously visited the occupied Crimea
Veronique Pradel	France	Deputy mayor of Marignane on Early Education, met with the Yevpatoriya «authorities»
Huber Fayar	France	Head of the «Representative Center of the DPR in France,» met with the Yevpatoriya «authorities»
Dmitry Kornilov	France	Descendant of Admiral Vladimir Kornilov, visited Sevastopol for the first time as part of the documentary film festival Won Together
Jiri Nestaval	Czech Repiblic	President, Czech-Middle Asian Chamber of Commerce, met with the Simferopol «authorities,» previously visited the occupied Crimea
Goran Paskaljević	Serbia	Film Director, participant of the Golden Knight Cinema Forum
Ivana Zigon	Serbia	Actress, participant of the Golden Knight Cinema Forum
Riad Haddad	Syria	Ambassador of Syria to the RF, an YIEF-2018 participant
Regis Tremblay	US	Film Director, met with the Yalta «authorities» and the public, previously visited the occupied Crimea

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The monitoring of the violations of the international sanctions against Russia and the legal regime of the temporarily occupied territory of Crimea is supported by the European Program Initiative of the Renaissance International Foundation. The position of Renaissance International Foundation may not reflect the opinion of the authors.

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