One Year After Annexation Crimea Backs Russia
Published: 7:19 pm, Thursday, 26 February 2015
A year after its annexation Crimea is struggling with runaway inflation but continues to support Russia.
One year after Crimea's annexation by Moscow from Ukraine, the Black Sea peninsula is struggling with runaway inflation and isolation from the world, but locals still root for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Although euphoric support has given way to simmering frustration over corruption and exorbitant prices, most locals believe the Russian takeover of Crimea last February was for the best, branding any dissenting voices as traitors.
'I'm very happy that we've joined Russia. It was our dream for a long time,' said Galina Tolmachyova, who works as a nurse in a health resort formerly owned by the Ukrainian defence ministry.
'There is some discontent' over delayed salaries, but 'the main thing is that there is no war,' she said.
A total of 82 per cent of Crimea residents fully support joining Russia, according to a poll released this month by respected GfK Ukraine pollster in Kiev.
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