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24 of November, 17:35

The Communists want to stop energy supplies to Kiev over the Crimea
The deputies of the state Duma from the CPRF Valery Rashkin and Sergei Obukhov sent a request to the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev, which serves to symmetrically respond to the de-energization of Crimea Ukraine and to stop energy supplies to Kiev.

last Friday in the Kherson region have been undermined by power transmission towers supplying electricity to the Crimea in the night of Sunday the supply of electricity to the Peninsula from Ukraine were fully completed. In Crimea introduced a state of emergency, schedules of emergency shutdowns of electricity and water supply, about 1, 6 million people remain without electricity.

Supporters of the blockade of Crimea in Ukraine do not allow repairmen to damaged power lines supports. The Crimea, at the written request of the authorities, in the conditions of warm weather experiencing power shortage of about 450 MW, of about 350 MW is generated on the Peninsula.

"We ask you to study the symmetric response in connection with the termination of the supply of electric energy in the Republic of Crimea and the Federal city of Sevastopol, including the termination of deliveries of gas, coal and petroleum products, as well as the reorientation together with the authorities DND export of coal from Donbass ", - reported in the request, the text of which is at the disposal of Last news .

review of people's deputies, the statements of the Ukrainian authorities about the fact that Supporters of the blockade of Crimea as if to not allow repair crews to damaged poles, power lines, demonstrate the lack of interest in the normalization of the energy exchange with Russia.

because of this, it would be appropriate to take symmetric measures on Ukraine, according Rashkin and Obukhov.

elected officials are reminded that "Naftogaz" does not make an advance payment for gas from Russia, the last tranche was received on Ukraine on 5 November.

"at the same time it is necessary to consider, in Addition to the termination of deliveries of coal from Russia, a reorientation of energy flows from Donbass. A proper decision can be made together with the leadership of the DNI and implemented through increased exports to the European Union and the Asia-Pacific region. In addition, a logical continuation of these measures may become the final termination of export of oil and oil products to Ukraine ", - reported in the query.

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