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A story from WESTERN media about Crimea. One of the first I've seen so far about what people there think. Maybe western journos aren't so terrified of printing the wrong words all of a sudden and having their careers ruined.
"People feel at home in Russia. That is the main point. It doesn’t matter what government was here," said Dariya Nemenko, 43. "If you know your history you know Crimea is Russian and always has been.
“I didn’t want to be a second-class citizen. Under Ukraine, that’s what I was," she said.
Her husband, Alexander, 51, a historian and engineer who is helping to design the Kerch Strait bridge, said, "We are one family, the Ukrainian and Russian people. There is no difference."
I find this interesting. I heard Kiev was always very neglectful of Crimea. Not a good way to endear yourself to a people is it?
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"All those years under Ukraine, the government invested nothing in Crimea," Alexander complained. "Kiev completely left us to rot. Now, Russia gives us money. Of course, we thought that by becoming part of Russia again, there would be some problems with the economy, but it is getting better now."
On the other hand.
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The critic said people were earning less money, the takeover has been been bad for business and tourism, and Crimea has become a police state. He said a lot of Crimeans who were pro-Ukrainian changed their views because they were scared.
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