Crimean authorities will file a second lawsuit against Ukraine

Crimea will file another claim against Ukraine for damages, it will be related to the energy blockade of the peninsula, informed RIA Novosti Chairman of the State Council of Crimea Vladimir Konstantinov.

On July 3, the Arbitration Court of Crimea registered a claim for the recovery of 152.2 billion rubles from Ukraine. due to the water blockade of the peninsula. Konstantinov then said that the authorities would continue to work on the formation of claims against Ukraine and the West. Deputy head of the working group on assessing the consequences of the blockade Sergey Trofimov appreciated the total damage to Crimea from the water blockade is 1 trillion rubles. He noted that affected private organizations and individual entrepreneurs can join the lawsuit.

“The second lawsuit will be related to the energy blockade. I am convinced that those responsible for organizing and committing crimes against millions of Crimeans should be punished,” Konstantinov said, adding that it would be easier to calculate the damage caused by the energy and banking blockade. He clarified that this includes the cost of building an energy bridge and the cost of purchasing generators for social institutions.

The Crimean peninsula was completely de-energized on the night of November 22, 2015 as a result of blowing up the pillars of two power lines operating at that time, coming from Ukraine. An emergency regime was introduced on the peninsula, and intensive work began on the construction of an energy bridge to the Crimea from Russia. On December 2, in the presence of President Vladimir Putin, the first chain of a 200 MW power transmission line between the UES of Russia and the Crimean energy system was launched. On May 11, the last, fourth, line of the energy bridge was launched. In May 2016, the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov, lifted the state of emergency.