In Crimea, the amount of the claim for the water blockade was estimated at more than 3 trillion rubles

The amount of compensation that Crimean enterprises will demand from Ukraine for the water blockade is already more than 3 trillion rubles; the claim itself is planned to be prepared by the end of the year. This was announced by the First Deputy Chairman of the State Council of the Republic, Efim Fiks, at a meeting of the region’s public chamber.

“I think that by the end of the year we will have already formed this claim, and we will send it for consideration by the court. The amount of declared losses already amounts to more than 3 trillion rubles, and this amount will increase,” he said (quote according to TASS).

Fix clarified that the Crimean authorities are now “actively working” with the Crimean Soda Plant, the Titan enterprise and the Brom plant. Also, more than 50 enterprises of the sanatorium and resort complex and a number of companies from the agricultural complex intend to join the lawsuit. First of all, we are talking about rice farms, he added.

Head of the Crimean Parliament Vladimir Konstantinov reported in his Telegram channel that the Public Chamber of Crimea has also filed a claim to recognize Crimeans’ right to compensation for moral damage due to the water blockade. According to him, in the near future the documents will be transferred to the Supreme Court of Crimea.

The Crimean authorities demand that Ukraine pay each local resident 200,000 rubles. According to preliminary estimates, the amount of the claim is 3.066 trillion rubles.

July 3 Arbitration Court of Crimea registered claim for recovery of 152.2 billion rubles from Ukraine. due to the water blockade of the peninsula. Authorities have also previously announced plans to prepare claims for damage to private businesses and residents. A preliminary hearing in the case took place on July 31. On September 13, the court decided to consider the claim behind closed doors due to strategic information about the North Crimean Canal.

Until 2014, Crimea received up to 85% of fresh water from Ukraine via the North Crimean Canal. After the annexation of the peninsula to Russia, Kyiv blocked the canal and water supply began to be provided exclusively by internal reserves, which turned out to be insufficient.

In 2021 IC of Russia excited criminal case under Art. 358 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (ecocide) regarding the water blockade of Crimea by Ukraine. On February 24, 2022, the day the Russian special operation in Ukraine began, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced the unblocking of the North Crimean Canal.