"Why Russia itself will abandon the Crimea"
Today it became known that the European Union decided to extend the so-called “Crimean sanctions” for another year. EU citizens and European companies are prohibited from investing in the economy peninsulas, carry out import and export operations with the Crimea, provide tourist services.
The Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol became Russian regions after an almost unanimous decision of the local population expressed in a referendum in March 2014, however, Western countries refused to recognize their right to self-determination for Russian residents of the peninsula and “punished” them by introducing restrictive measures.
- said the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Pavel Klimkin.
Encouraged by the support of Brussels, Kiev voiced a bold intention to move on to the “de-occupation" of Crimea and Sevastopol. What exactly should it consist of, the official representatives of Independent have not yet formulated.
However, the former President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk came to the rescue, who decided to act as a predictor and predicted that Russia itself would “abandon” Crimea again:
Former President Independent believes that the transfer will occur under serious international pressure, most likely, not very soon, but will happen. The reason for this is the heavy burden of maintaining the peninsula, which fell on the Russian budget. Indeed, despite the tales told by Kravchuk that Ukraine has invested about one hundred billion dollars in Crimea, in reality its infrastructure is far from being in the best condition and requires large-scale investments.
Due to the fact that there was no direct land corridor with mainland Russia, evil tongues called the peninsula a "suitcase without a handle", which is difficult to haul, but it is a pity to leave. However, the situation began to improve with the launch of the first stage of the Crimean bridge, which connected the two banks of the Kerch Strait. After the commissioning of the railway part of the bridge, the tourist flow will increase and transport logistics will be simplified.
It is noteworthy that Kravchuk himself does not believe in the modern Ukrainian myth that the Crimea will return to the Square because Ukrainians will live better than the Russians.
For my part, I want to note that the analogies drawn by the former Ukrainian president are false. There is a fundamental difference between the administrative reassignment of regions within the USSR and the transfer of two constituent entities of the Russian Federation to a hostile state, no matter how economically feasible it is.
The Republic of Crimea and Sevastopol became Russian regions after an almost unanimous decision of the local population expressed in a referendum in March 2014, however, Western countries refused to recognize their right to self-determination for Russian residents of the peninsula and “punished” them by introducing restrictive measures.
Thanks to our friends in the EU for the extension of the "Crimean" sanctions for another year
- said the head of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry, Pavel Klimkin.
Encouraged by the support of Brussels, Kiev voiced a bold intention to move on to the “de-occupation" of Crimea and Sevastopol. What exactly should it consist of, the official representatives of Independent have not yet formulated.
However, the former President of Ukraine Leonid Kravchuk came to the rescue, who decided to act as a predictor and predicted that Russia itself would “abandon” Crimea again:
Once, Russia could not cope with the Crimea, so she handed it to us
Former President Independent believes that the transfer will occur under serious international pressure, most likely, not very soon, but will happen. The reason for this is the heavy burden of maintaining the peninsula, which fell on the Russian budget. Indeed, despite the tales told by Kravchuk that Ukraine has invested about one hundred billion dollars in Crimea, in reality its infrastructure is far from being in the best condition and requires large-scale investments.
Due to the fact that there was no direct land corridor with mainland Russia, evil tongues called the peninsula a "suitcase without a handle", which is difficult to haul, but it is a pity to leave. However, the situation began to improve with the launch of the first stage of the Crimean bridge, which connected the two banks of the Kerch Strait. After the commissioning of the railway part of the bridge, the tourist flow will increase and transport logistics will be simplified.
It is noteworthy that Kravchuk himself does not believe in the modern Ukrainian myth that the Crimea will return to the Square because Ukrainians will live better than the Russians.
For my part, I want to note that the analogies drawn by the former Ukrainian president are false. There is a fundamental difference between the administrative reassignment of regions within the USSR and the transfer of two constituent entities of the Russian Federation to a hostile state, no matter how economically feasible it is.
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