KYIV, Nov 20 – The Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority is preparing a claim against the government of the Russian Federation seeking for compensation of losses caused by the temporarily occupation of Crimea, according to a posting on the website of the authority.

"The cost of state-owned property, which was assigned to the branches of the Ukrainian Sea Ports Authority and illegally appropriated by the self-proclaimed authorities of Crimea, is more than UAH 1.24 billion," the authority said.