The Deputy head of the Kherson area of Ukraine Valentina Sicheva stated that the residents of the region who have lost income because of the blockade of the Crimea, will have to sacrifice benefits for the sake of the Motherland. On Tuesday, April 26, reports “Crimea. Realities”.
She stressed that some residents of the area do not like the so-called blockade of the Peninsula, as they have business in Crimea. Sycheva advised these individuals to forget about the income from their business.
“When there is such situation — or independence, or a new market, I think the choice is obvious. Must be the independence of Ukraine”, — said the Deputy head of the region.
April 20, Kherson region residents urged the administration to remove roadblocks in the region the participants of the “blockade of the Crimea”. Ataman border in the village of Henichesk district held a similar. Chongarskiy Deputy of the village Council Valeriy Koblyuk read the address, which is 180 signatures.
“”The blockade” (blockade participants — approx. “The tape.ru”) from the first days of placement near their Outpost, near the village of Chongar, began to mock the people,” the statement says.
On the same day a regiment of the National guard of the interior Ministry of Ukraine “Azov” began patrolling the border with Crimea.
From March 28 activists of the so-called civil blockade of the Crimea from the formation of the “Asker” (“soldier”, “warrior” — in Crimean Tatar) began cooperation with the Ukrainian border guards to be on duty on the border with the Peninsula.
The decision on cessation of trade of Ukraine with the Crimea and restricted personal belongings of the Cabinet of Ministers adopted on 16 December 2015. The document came into force from January 2016.
The leaders of the Mejlis of the Crimean Tatars — deputies of the Verkhovna Rada Mustafa Dzhemilev and Refat Chubarov, as well as the Lenur islyamov — started a food blockade of the Crimea on 20 September 2015. Together with the militants of banned in Russia group “the Right sector” (PS) they blocked the entry of trucks with Ukrainian goods on the territory of the Peninsula. In addition, representatives of the Majlis and the PS did not allow repair crews to emergency supports power lines in the Kherson region after the end of November because of the undermining of the structures was disrupted power supply of the Peninsula from Ukraine.
Crimea became a Russian region after carried out on 16 March 2014 referendum in which the majority of residents voted in favor of its joining the Russian Federation. Kiev to recognize the results of the plebiscite refused. In Moscow, noted that the procedure for accession of the region consistent with international law.
