IOTA Freezes Actions Relating to Crimea
The Radio Society of Great Britain's Islands on the Air
(IOTA) program managers have decided to "freeze" any IOTA actions
related to Crimea for at least a year, because of the still unresolved
political situation there. Crimea was annexed by Russia after a referendum
there called for separation from Ukraine, but the action has not been
recognized by the international community.
CQ initially decided not to accept contest logs from Crimean
stations using Russian-issued calls, but then reversed course amid significant
pressure from the worldwide contest community. (For more on this, see this December's DX column on page 86.)