Crimea

The head of Russia’s Crimean Republic, Sergey Aksyonov, has revealed that the Republic’s revenue figures have nearly doubled those which were being earned by the peninsula during the best days under Ukraine’s rule.
While Crimea was under Kiev’s control, its budget never exceeded 22 billion roubles. Compare that with the 40.6 billion rubles which the Republic managed to earn in tax revenue and from other sources in 2016. It’s important to note that this figure doesn’t even include federal aid money from Moscow.

With many in the US still whining about Crimea, Crimeans are happily producing fine wines. Crimea has historically been a winemaking region, but whilst struggling for independence from Kiev, a process which in reality has been going on since the 1990s, a depressed economy hindered Crimea’s ability to produce high-quality wines.

Not only Russia, but the entire diplomatic community around the world is mourning the passing of Vitaly Churkin – Russia’s Ambassador to the United Nations.
Vitaly Churkin leaves the world as one of the greatest and most respected diplomats – here are some of his best moments over the decades.

21st Century Wire says…
President Donald Trump said, whilst on his presidential campaign trail at Columbus Ohio, that he would sideline the Crimea matter; “I mean, do you want to go back? Do you want to have World War Three to get it back?” Following this, Mr Trump has exclaimed on numerous occasions his desire to ‘get along with Russia.’

(ANTIMEDIA) Fears that Trump was crowned president because his campaign colluded with Russian authorities — which would undoubtedly mean the president is a Russian puppet — are almost all but being extinguished.

By James ONeill – New Eastern Outlook – 19.02.2017 There are currently three major flash points in the world, where a false step could rapidly lead to escalation and a major war from which human civilization would be the main loser. Those flashpoints are the Middle East, the South China Sea and Ukraine/Crimea. In each […]

To understand the west’s inanity over the ‘Ukraine issue’, one must examine the founding and break-up of Yugoslavia.
In 1918 The Kingdom of Kingdom of Serbs, Croats, and Slovenes formed in the Balkans. It was an attempt to create a young state from the ashes of war and centuries of foreign occupation. In 1929 this became the Kingdom of Yugoslavia and after 1945, the partisans who fought valiantly and bravely against fascism formed the Socialist Federative Republic of Yugoslavia.

(ZHE) Trump’s honeymoon with capital markets is on the rocks, kept alive only by the occasional soundbite about “massive” or “phenomenal” tax cuts; it now appears that the US president’s – until recently – amicable relationship with Russia is also quickly souring.

Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson, Maria Zakharova, made it very clear during a morning press briefing that “Crimea is a territory of the Russian Federation”.
The Duran reported on Zakharova statement…

“We don’t give back our own territory.”
“Crimea is territory belonging to the Russian Federation.”

Yesterday, White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer said that US President Trump expects Russia to de-escalate the situation in eastern Ukraine and return Crimea to Ukraine.
The Duran reported…