Trofimov, head of the Crimean parliamentary committee: the organizers of the water blockade will be punished Sergei Trofimov announced his intention to punish the organizers of the water blockade of the peninsula. This was reported by RIA Novosti.
According to Trofimov, Crimea is working on preparing a claim for compensation for material damage caused to the republic. The deadline for filing a claim and the amount of damage is set.
“All supporting documents will be attached to the claim. The case with the preparation of the claim will be brought to an end. We do not give up our plans. The organizers of the blockades of Crimea, including the water blockade, I am sure, will be punished, “the deputy explained.
Earlier Trofimov said that the list of those accused of the blockade should include a former deputy of the Verkhovna Rada, Andrei Senchenko, the leaders of the banned in Russia organization “Mejlis of the Crimean Tatar People” Mustafa Dzhemilev and Refat Chubarov, former Deputy Prime Minister of Crimea Lenur Islyamov, former representative of the President of Ukraine in the Autonomous Republic of Crimea Boris Babin.
In August, the Investigative Committee of Russia opened a criminal case on ecocide after the water blockade of Crimea. According to the official representative of the department, Svetlana Petrenko, the lack of adequate water supply to the region causes depletion of agricultural land, entails changes in the ecosystems of the Sivash Bay and its shallow bays, as well as the state of the fauna populations.