Russians in Crimea Were Denied Compensation Due to the Lack of Local Registration
The electricity supply situation is deteriorating in the temporarily occupied Crimea. On the southern coast of the peninsula—specifically in Yalta, Alushta, and nearby towns—there has been no electricity for five days now, while residents of northern Crimea continue to face a humanitarian crisis following prolonged power outages.
This was reported on July 27 by the SEMAAT Center for Investigative Journalism. According to the publication, the occupying authorities have begun processing payments of 15,000 rubles to residents of Yalta and other settlements on the southern coast who have been without electricity for at least two days. This news is being actively shared by pro-Russian Crimean Telegram channels.
According to SEMAT, after the occupation, the southern coast of Crimea became popular among wealthy Russians, who bought real estate there en masse. At the same time, some of them cannot receive compensation due to the lack of Crimean registration.
“I have a neighbor, Vasily, from the Moscow region. He’s a businessman. I don’t know what kind of business he’s in, but he bought this house in 2017 for next to nothing. The owners were forced to sell it in a hurry and leave: they started getting “pressured” hard when people found out that their nephew works for the SBU in Mykolaiv. So, Vasily says to me: ‘Well, did you get the 15,000?’ ‘Not yet,’ I say, ‘what about you?’ “I’m not getting any,” he says, “I’m registered in Kolomna…” And there’s such sadness in his eyes, as if he’s about to starve to death. “You’re supposed to be a businessman—you basically snatched this house for free, and you’ve got a place to live in Kolomna.” Why not go? No, he wants to go ‘to the coast.’ And grab the 15,000 while he’s at it. They’ll take anything,” a resident of Partenit tells SEMAT on condition of anonymity.
The situation in the north of the occupied peninsula remains much more complicated. In the Dzhankoy district, there was no electricity for three weeks, and after the occupying authorities announced that power had been restored, electricity is now supplied for only two hours a day. Local residents say that’s barely enough to charge their phones.
In many towns, water is available only when generators are running, and people have to buy fuel for them at their own expense. Volunteers are raising money for gasoline, drinking water, and food. According to SEMAT, stores have almost no dairy or meat products, and fruits and vegetables cost twice as much as in Simferopol.
Source: SEMAAT.
As a reminder, power supply problems have worsened in the temporarily occupied Crimea due to attacks on energy infrastructure. In some areas of the peninsula, power outages last for extended periods, and local residents are forced to seek out generators and other alternative power sources.
Residents of the temporarily occupied Crimea who attempted to purchase counterfeit QR codes to buy scarce fuel unwittingly contributed to a fundraiser for vehicles for the Ukrainian Defense Forces.
