A YEAR AFTER: MAIN VIOLATIONS OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CRIMEA PART 4 Romania and Moldova. The portal focuses on coverage of sailing to Crimea of ves- sels violating the sanctions regime adopted by various countries and organizations in connection with the Russian occupation of Crimea. The editor in chief of the Internet publication BlackSeaNews Andrey Klimenko said that in Crimea a criminal case under Art. 280.1 of the Criminal Code of the RF was opened against him. According to him, the homes of several of his friends in Crimea were searched or they were summoned for interrogation. The editorial o7 ce of the Internet publication BlackSeaNews left Crimea in the spring of 2014 and has been operating in Kyiv since. On October 5, it was reported that Roskomnadzor blocked the access to the Black- SeaNews website in Russia and Crimea at the request of the General Prosecutor’s O7 ce of the RF. The notiR cation for the agency stated that the resource contained “calls to riots, extremist activities, participation in mass (public) activities carried out with violations of the established order”. As one can see, the processes in the R eld of freedom of expression in Crimea re- main negative, leading to a signiR cant reduction of objective information about the events, as well as to the disappearance of independent media on the peninsula. 4.10. Bans on Rallies and Demonstrations Since March 2014, the freedom of assembly in Crimea has been signiR cantly cur- tailed, from direct prohibitions and persecution of the participants and organizers to legal restrictions. Application of the Russian and local legislation to limit the freedom of assembly The international legal standards related to the freedom of assembly (as well as the Russian legislation) set out the notiR cation procedure for holding public events. How- ever, in practice, the Russian legislation actually establishes an authorization proce- dure. In addition, in July 2014, the RF adopted the law establishing criminal liability for repeated violation of the order of organizing or conducting of mass events. The organizers of public events are also obliged to prevent an access to public events for citizens with weapons, objects or substances which may pose a threat to others. The ban is also introduced to disengage children under 14 in participa- tion in social and political events. 109