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In particular, it is about the information on branches and representative offices of legal entities in the annexed Crimea, as well as information on co-owners, managers of these companies and licenses they have.
On June 6, Prime Minister of Russia Dmitry Medvedev signed a decree allowing the authorities to classify part of the data in the Russian Unified State Register of Legal Entities.
According to the new regulation, access to data on co-owners, managers, and licenses of a legal entity can be classified in three cases: if companies are subject to foreign sanctions; if companies deal with state defense orders; and if companies are located, registered, or if they operate in the annexed Crimea, reports Krym.Realii.
In particular, it is about the information on branches and representative offices of legal entities in the annexed Crimea, as well as information on co-owners, managers of these companies and licenses they have.
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UNIAN memo. Russia occupied the Ukrainian Crimea by deploying its military in the peninsula and organizing a pseudo-referendum on "self-determination" in March 2014.
The self-proclaimed Crimean authorities stated that 96.77% of the voters were in favor of having Crimea accede to Russia. On March 18, 2014, the Kremlin signed the so-called "agreement" on the accession of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.
Western powers did not recognize the annexation of Crimea, and imposed sanctions against Russia.
The Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine officially announced February 20, 2014, the date of the beginning of the temporary occupation of Crimea.