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Blackout hits Stavropol

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 …

Georgia takes measures to save Abkhazia from power cuts

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

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

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 …

Crimean authorities ban bureaucracy

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

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.