Buy Crimea: how much will it cost?
On the eve of Andrei Makarevich at the radio station "Echo of Moscow" noted another resonant statement:
At the same time, he added that he would love to go to the Crimea bought. Saying, stealing is bad, but buying is good. Many users of social networks dissatisfied with comments on the proposal of the leader of “Time Machine”. It was rightly pointed out that Ukraine did not pay anything for receiving Crimea from the Soviet Union, and he got it, by coincidence, on dubious grounds:
Nevertheless, despite the general scandal and outright Russophobia of the “cultural figure”, there is a certain sound grain in this proposal. The situation with the peninsula is at an impasse, sanctions are only increasing, the price of the issue is growing continuously. If historical aspects and mutual claims are ignored, a purely theoretical territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine could be resolved economically. There is nothing wrong with that.
It is no secret that the United States of America did not win Alaska from us, but bought it in 1867. And we are not the only ones. Louisiana was acquired by the United States from France under a 1803 contract. They bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark, Florida from Spain. And this is not a complete list. The exchange of territories between states is also possible. For example, the winter war with Finland might not have happened; go to Helsinki for Moscow’s offer of a territorial exchange that is advantageous for the Finns. The aim of the Soviet Union was to push the border and a possible front line from Leningrad. Also in 1951, there was a major exchange of territories between the USSR and Poland. So there are historical precedents for a peaceful solution to the issue.
What difficulties could such a hypothetical deal with Independently deal with in practice?
At first, it is necessary to decide what and how to evaluate? The peninsula is the land itself, about 500 large enterprises and 12 state residences, there are also several hundred beaches, tourist infrastructure facilities. Plus military facilities that will go as a separate line. How to count all this?
Suppose we bracket the privatized property, what is left is estimated at market value by specialists. This raises a number of clarifying questions. For Ukrainian, it is necessary to consider only that which was built on the peninsula since 1991 by the forces of the most Independent? Or will Russia, as the assignee of the USSR, have the right to its share in the state ownership of Crimea, as Kiev once claimed the Black Sea Fleet? Will the depreciation of assets for the period of their economic use by Ukraine be taken into account? When calculating the cost of Crimea, will there be a penalty for enterprises and institutions closed during the Kiev regime? A lot of questions.
Secondly, what could Crimea really redeem after determining the cost of the peninsula? In our realities, it is obvious that there is no cash, budget money will go to mega-bridges. But theoretically, a formula for calculating gas discounts with Kiev for 20-30 years (tens of billions of dollars) could be adopted.
Thirdly, the biggest questions are the subjectivity of Kiev. If the Ukrainian authorities were independent, a hypothetically similar agreement on the settlement of the Crimean issue could be concluded. But today Kiev is a puppet of Washington. Under no circumstances will the White House voluntarily release such leverage from Russia.
Therefore, we can conclude that the purchase of the Crimea from Nezalezhnaya today is in principle impossible.
I believe that if Crimea was so necessary, it is so necessary that Russia could not live without it, then other ways could be found. Well, agree, buy. Here they would be glad.
At the same time, he added that he would love to go to the Crimea bought. Saying, stealing is bad, but buying is good. Many users of social networks dissatisfied with comments on the proposal of the leader of “Time Machine”. It was rightly pointed out that Ukraine did not pay anything for receiving Crimea from the Soviet Union, and he got it, by coincidence, on dubious grounds:
Let Andryusha recall how much Ukraine bought Crimea from Russia in 1954
Nevertheless, despite the general scandal and outright Russophobia of the “cultural figure”, there is a certain sound grain in this proposal. The situation with the peninsula is at an impasse, sanctions are only increasing, the price of the issue is growing continuously. If historical aspects and mutual claims are ignored, a purely theoretical territorial dispute between Russia and Ukraine could be resolved economically. There is nothing wrong with that.
It is no secret that the United States of America did not win Alaska from us, but bought it in 1867. And we are not the only ones. Louisiana was acquired by the United States from France under a 1803 contract. They bought the Virgin Islands from Denmark, Florida from Spain. And this is not a complete list. The exchange of territories between states is also possible. For example, the winter war with Finland might not have happened; go to Helsinki for Moscow’s offer of a territorial exchange that is advantageous for the Finns. The aim of the Soviet Union was to push the border and a possible front line from Leningrad. Also in 1951, there was a major exchange of territories between the USSR and Poland. So there are historical precedents for a peaceful solution to the issue.
What difficulties could such a hypothetical deal with Independently deal with in practice?
At first, it is necessary to decide what and how to evaluate? The peninsula is the land itself, about 500 large enterprises and 12 state residences, there are also several hundred beaches, tourist infrastructure facilities. Plus military facilities that will go as a separate line. How to count all this?
Suppose we bracket the privatized property, what is left is estimated at market value by specialists. This raises a number of clarifying questions. For Ukrainian, it is necessary to consider only that which was built on the peninsula since 1991 by the forces of the most Independent? Or will Russia, as the assignee of the USSR, have the right to its share in the state ownership of Crimea, as Kiev once claimed the Black Sea Fleet? Will the depreciation of assets for the period of their economic use by Ukraine be taken into account? When calculating the cost of Crimea, will there be a penalty for enterprises and institutions closed during the Kiev regime? A lot of questions.
Secondly, what could Crimea really redeem after determining the cost of the peninsula? In our realities, it is obvious that there is no cash, budget money will go to mega-bridges. But theoretically, a formula for calculating gas discounts with Kiev for 20-30 years (tens of billions of dollars) could be adopted.
Thirdly, the biggest questions are the subjectivity of Kiev. If the Ukrainian authorities were independent, a hypothetically similar agreement on the settlement of the Crimean issue could be concluded. But today Kiev is a puppet of Washington. Under no circumstances will the White House voluntarily release such leverage from Russia.
Therefore, we can conclude that the purchase of the Crimea from Nezalezhnaya today is in principle impossible.
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