Ukraine wants to block Booking.com over Crimea accommodation

‘The ruling majority in the Ukrainian parliament have proposed a bill to block the Amsterdam-based accommodation website Booking.com from offering services in Crimea. Ukraine regards the territory as annexed by Russia. A lawsuit against the Dutch firm has been filed.
The Ukrainian Prosecutor’s Office of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea (the way Kiev calls the detached peninsula), said a pre-trial investigation was started. It is looking at “the fact of participation of Booking.com officials in the illegally acquired property and in assisting the violation of entry/exit procedures in the temporarily occupied territory.”‘
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