Massive blackout hits Georgia
Georgia was hit by a nationwide power outage Saturday, the second in two days, plunging all major cities into darkness and paralyzing train and subway services.
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Russia helps Abkhazia to cope with energy crisis
Russia has launched humanitarian supplies of electricity to Abkhazia, the republic’s Energy and Transport Ministry reported. "Humanitarian supplies of electricity from Russia began at 7:00 a.m. (4:00 a.m. GMT) …
Russia to provide emergency power to Abkhazia
Russia will start humanitarian supplies of electricity to Abkhazia from Monday, December 23. "In response to Abkhazia's appeal, the Russian leadership has once again extended a helping hand to us and is starting …
Blackout hits Stavropol
Due to an accident, 6,000 Stavropol residents were left without electricity, the press service of the regional department of the Ministry of Emergency Situations reports. The outage occurred at 11:00 Moscow time. The lights and boilers …
Tokayev orders thorough investigation after Nur-Sultan blackout
President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev ordered to create a commission to investigate the breakdown at the power stations, which left most part of Nur-Sultan without electricity. "Concerning the …
Aksenov doesn't rely on Ukrainian compensation for last year's blackout
The head of Crimea, Sergey Aksenov, has announced that he doesn't expect to receive any compensation from the Ukrainian side for the November blackout that occurred on the territory of Crimea. "The work is under claims, even …
Georgia takes measures to save Abkhazia from power cuts
The Georgian authorities have taken all the necessary measures to avert power outages in Abkhazia in connection with the reduction of the water level in a reservoir of the Inguri hydroelectric power station, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of …
Krymenergo assesses damage after blackout
Crimean prosecutor's office has announced the first amount of damages caused to businesses due to the termination of electricity supplies from Ukraine. Thus, the Krymenergo state company estimated its losses at 1.1 billion rubles. …
Crimea plans to refuse Ukrainian electricity
''The Crimean authorities are going to refuse electricity supplies from Ukraine, even if they are resumed'' the head of the Republic of Crimea Sergey Aksenov said today. "We have refused …
Enterprises of Crimea to receive all necessary electricity by January 1st
At a meeting on the electricity supply to Crimea, which was held with the participation of Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin, the Minister of Industry of the republic, Andrei Skrynnik, reported …
Foreign Minister of Ukraine sees no signs of energy blockade of Crimea
Foreign Minister of Ukraine Pavlo Klimkin has stated that there was no energy blockade in Crimea, as electricity supplements had already been restored. "No blockade of Crimea, electricity supplies have already …
Aksenov: Crimea will file lawsuit against Ukraine after stabilization of energy supply
The head of Crimea, Sergey Aksenov, said that the republic will file a lawsuit against Ukraine over the power blackout as soon as the situation with energy supply stabilizes on the peninsula. "To be honest, we have …
Crimean authorities ban bureaucracy
The head of Crimea Sergey Aksenov has required to eliminate bureaucracy during the regime of emergency. "No bureaucracy will be here during this period of time. Red tapists will look for a new job. If there are …
Kiev disagrees with fines for Crimean blackout
The state company Ukrinterenergo continues to insist that it should not pay a fine for cutting Crimea off from the power line, as it happened due to circumstances. Previously, a subsidiary of Inter sent a request to Kiev in order to …
Almost 40 thousand people without electricity in Chechnya
As the result of an accident, about 40 thousand people were without electricity in the Urus-Martan district of Chechnya, reports RIA-Novosti, quoting Timur Taysumov, a spokesman for the regional branch of the Ministry for Emergencies. Altogether, 8670 houses had their power cut. According to Ruslan Sardalov, Chief Engineer of the “Nurenergo" company, the accident was possibly caused by strong winds and rain, which pounded the region overnight.
