The lawsuit against Ukraine regarding the energy blockade of Crimea will be considered on March 28

On March 28, the Arbitration Court of the Republic of Crimea will consider a claim against Ukraine regarding the energy blockade, according to the website of the file of arbitration cases.

On March 4, the authorities of the Republic of Crimea filed a claim about the energy blockade with the Arbitration Court of Crimea. The volume of Crimea’s claims against Ukraine in this lawsuit amounts to more than 3.15 trillion rubles. The defendants are the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine, the Ministry of Energy of Ukraine and the national energy company Ukrenergo. According to Konstantinov, it is planned to involve the Crimean ministries of fuel and energy, healthcare, the Ministry of Emergency Situations, and the State Unitary Enterprise of the Republic of Crimea “Krymenergo” as third parties in the process.

As reported TASS in the press service of the Public Chamber of the region, the department will file a claim with the Supreme Court of Crimea to recognize the right of Crimeans to compensation for moral damage caused as a result of the energy blockade of the peninsula. The lawsuit is currently being developed by the chamber’s lawyers.

REFERENCE: Ukraine in May 2014, after the reunification of Crimea with Russia, unilaterally cut off water from the Kherson region via the North Crimean Canal, which provided up to 90% of the peninsula’s needs. In addition, in November 2015, electricity supplies to the peninsula were completely stopped. A state of emergency was in effect in the region until May 2016, and rolling consumer blackouts were applied. Kiev also cut off food supplies, banks stopped working, and transport links with the peninsula were disrupted. The situation improved with the launch of an energy bridge from Kuban across the Kerch Strait with a capacity of 400 MW. Then new networks were built, power units of the Balaklava Thermal Power Plant in Sevastopol and the Tavricheskaya Thermal Power Plant in Simferopol were launched.

source: TASS