New Tourist Zone

Russia plans to develop tourism in the Azov Sea basin…

Russia plans to build 20 tourist centers around the coast of the Sea of Azov.

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Two year round resorts are to be built in Crimea.

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Makes me think of this picture…

Columbia drives away savage Indians and herds of bison to make way for a dynamic civilization. Some personification of Russia drives away Banderites, homos, and other dark forces, and civilization and development take over…

Makes me think of a Russian saying: “They are splitting the skin of bear that isn’t dead yet.” But it speaks to the confidence of the investors in victory.

Zrada Dudy

This isn’t so much zrada, as it is a statement of historical facts, and Russia would have never taken over Crimea if relations with Ukraine didn’t deteriorate. In fact, Russia tolerated Ukraine’s attacks on Crimean autonomy, attempts at Ukrainisation and so forth, and the cup has been full only when an illegal and unconstitutional coup happened in Kiev in 2014.

Water Starts Flowing to Crimea

Reports have it, the North Crimean Water Channel was reactivated by Russian forces. For those who don’t know, Ukraine blocked the flow of water to Crimea causing a lot of problems in the peninsula.

Today is a positive day. (24 February 2022)

UPD: I just watched Russian TV, and they said it will take two weeks before water flow is fully restored in Crimea.

UPD2: So about a month has passed since the initial post. Photos are in:

Can Sberbank Open Branches in Crimea Now?

Sberbank in the Czech Republic has been all but destroyed in the Czech Republic in the wake of the Ukraine war. I used to joke that Sberbank has more branches in the Czech Republic than it does in the Republic of Crimea. There weren’t any Sberbanks in Crimea…

I really wonder what led Sberbank to open branches in the EU? Don’t they do risk assessment before investing? A large institution like Sberbank could afford a media analysis of the mainstream Czech papers and found out that those are thoroughly Russophobic. Obviously, they didn’t do any of that and now all their branches are closed. They may open some in Crimea, and in Ukraine now.

Chicken’s Arse, Turchynov Acknowledges Mass Desertions in Crimea in 2014

This is a screenshot from a video aired on the US funded propaganda channel, Krym Realii, a project of Radio Liberty, which interviewed Oleksandr Turchynov, interim president and head of the National Security Council in 2014. Turchynov is known as “Chicken’s Arse”, just look at him…

They have deserted to the Russian side: Soldiers 70%, SBU (secret service) 90%, Police 99%…

The Ukrainian state basically collapsed in Crimea. So, whose is Crimea?