Posted on 08/21/2016 1:42:07 PM PDT by Berlin_Freeper
More than two years after Russia annexed Crimea and promised its 2 million people a better life, residents say prices have soared, wages and pensions have stagnated and tourists have fled.
The sunny and mountainous Black Sea peninsula is back in the news, with Russian President Vladimir Putin accusing Kiev of sending infiltrators across the border to wreck its industry. But locals say the damage has already been done by Moscow's neglect.
"We joined Russia and they stopped giving a damn about us," Yevgeny, a worker at a titanium plant in the town of Armyansk told Reuters.
(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...
Much, if not all, of what Russia touches turns to crap. There—I said it. Let the FR Borscht Brigade come after me.
Don’t tell that to the Russian mob operatives here actively defending Pootin.
Aesop’s fable of the “Frog and Scorpion” comes to mind. Putin, the Tsar in all but name, is still the KGB Agent!
Crimea deserves what they have done. No tourists, the wine growing dropping, the shipyards dormant. They asked for this.
Prosperity and socialism cannot co-exist — ask the Venezuelans and Cubans and others in the socialist world.
Hmmmm, what a surprise! /s
Meet the New Boss....
We’re from the Kremlin and we’re here to help you.
The only thing Russians have ever been successful at is killing their neighbors.
This Reuters World News article was posted 21st August 2016 but the only two pictures they can find are from November and December 2015.
Both show the place plunged into darkness, both at the times the Ukrainians cut off the power.
Mainstream Media reporting at its finest.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.