A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA PART 4 For some time, the representatives of the ‘Crimean self-defense’ occupied the com- pany’s premises. They blocked the access to the journalists of the Center for Jour- nalist Investigations leasing a part of the premises from ChTRK. Later, the access was provided, but some of the equipment of the Center for Journalist Investigations disappeared by that time. As a result, Chernomorskaya TV company paid to RTPC the required amount claimed by RTPC as a due payment for services rendered, although ChTRK still considers this payment to be unreasonable. On August 11, the Commercial Court of Crimea dismissed an action of RTPC against ChTRK due to ‘voluntary payment of debt’ by the TV company. The court also de- cided to cancel the RTPC interim remedies, i.e., to remove an attachment from the property of ChTRK. The court’s decision to remove the attachment from all seized equipment entered into force on November 18. However, the staT was able to return the television equipment only on December 22 by own collection. The equipment of the Center for Journalist Investigations was also returned. Many cameras had no batteries and memory cards, the hard drives and sound cards of the editing computers were re- moved as well. Thus, the returned equipment cannot be used as intended, and its repair requires considerable costs. The Chernomorskaya TV company was forced to move to Kyiv to share the studio of ‘Social Country’ TV channel. Center for Journalist Investigations Like other media, the Center for Journalist Investigations began to face problems in its work back in the spring/summer of 2014. On June 2, the members of the ‘Crimean self-defense’ unlawfully detained two em- ployees, of the Center for Journalist Investigations, the journalist Sergey Mokrushin and director Vladlen Melnikov. After these events, the representatives of the ‘Crime- an self-defense’, headed by the commander of the 1st Regiment of Simferopol peo- ple’s militia Dmitry Prostakov, unlawfully entered the editorial o7 ce of the Center for Journalist Investigations. According to the representatives of the paramilitary formation demanded to show the media registration documents and the lease agreement. The editorial board as- sociates the actions of ‘self-defense’ members with their intention to occupy the 105