{"id":3569,"date":"2014-12-26T12:22:01","date_gmt":"2014-12-26T17:22:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3569"},"modified":"2014-12-26T12:22:01","modified_gmt":"2014-12-26T17:22:01","slug":"ukraine-cuts-power-to-crimea-again-halts-train-services-zero-hedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=3569","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine Cuts Power To Crimea Again, Halts Train Services | Zero Hedge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ukraine Cuts Power To Crimea Again, Halts Train Services | Zero Hedge<\/a>.<\/p>\n

There was some expectation following the loud public response following Ukraine’s\u00a0shut down of power to Crimea on Christmas\u00a0<\/a>Eve, that Kiev would treat the territory which it alleges is still part of Ukraine as, well, part of Ukraine. And sure enough, a few hours after the regionwide blackout was first reported, Ukraine restored power. Until today, when moments ago we learned that not only did Ukraine cut off electricity to Crimea earlier today, but also halted train services, moves which, according to the WSJ, could raise tensions with Russia, but which also will harden the local popluation’s pro-Russian determination even further.<\/span><\/p>\n

Crimea\u2019s Fuel and Energy Minister Sergei Egorov told Russia\u2019s Interfax news agency that power was cut off at 1:50 p.m. Friday without warning. He said backup diesel generators and mobile turbine power plants were supplying critical infrastructure with electricity. More\u00a0from WSJ<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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The power cutoff is the second this week by Ukraine, which says it has electricity shortages of its own because rebels have halted shipments of coal to its power plants.\u00a0The cutoff in railway services, however, could indicate Ukraine is stepping up its pressure of the peninsula.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Ukraine\u2019s state rail company Ukrzaliznytsia on Friday said it would stop passenger and cargo train services to Crimea \u201cin order to insure the safety of passengers.\u201d The move will affect both Ukrainian and foreign trains traveling to the peninsula, the company said. It didn\u2019t indicate when services would resume.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

More\u00a0from ABC<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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<\/a><\/a>…click on the above link to read the rest of the article…<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Ukraine Cuts Power To Crimea Again, Halts Train Services | Zero Hedge. There was some expectation following the loud public response following Ukraine’s\u00a0shut down of power to Crimea on Christmas\u00a0Eve, that Kiev would treat the territory which it alleges is still part of Ukraine as, well, part of Ukraine. And sure enough, a few hours […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[179,339,643,694,821],"class_list":["post-3569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-geopolitics","tag-crimea","tag-fuel","tag-power","tag-russia","tag-ukraine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3569"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3570,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3569\/revisions\/3570"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}