This time, the week in Crimea was calmer from the point of view of the military situation: there were no signs of an air strike and no enemy attacks were reported. The sounds of military exercises were the only thing that could disturb the inhabitants of the peninsula.
Unless, of course, you count the threats from the head of the Main Intelligence Directorate of Ukraine Kirill Budanov (included in the list of terrorists and extremists on the territory of the Russian Federation). His department released a propaganda video on March 11 announcing preparations for a military operation in Crimea. However, Budanov (included in the list of terrorists and extremists of the Russian Federation) threatened to seize Crimea in the summer of 2023.
Debt burden of the population.
RIA Novosti experts published a study in which they assessed the level of debt of residents of various regions of Russia. This indicator was estimated as the relationship between the average debt per capita of the economically active population in bank loans and the annual salary.
Crimea took second place (29.5%) among the leaders in terms of minimum debt load, losing first place to Ingushetia (14.9%). Sebastopol closes the top five with a rate of 31.9%.
Experts attribute these figures to the fact that in these regions the availability of financial services is below the national average. However, they believe that the development of the banking sector will lead to a gradual increase in credit on the peninsula.
Public and cultural spaces
Two long-awaited events took place in Crimea this week: the return of the Pioneer Park in Alupka to city ownership and the completion of the “eternal” reconstruction of the embankment that bears its name. Valentina Tereshkova in Evpatoria.
Problems with the park in Alupka have existed since Ukrainian times, when the park lands were given for development despite the fact that nearby there is a mass grave of soldiers of the Primorsky separate army who died in 1944 in the battles for liberation . from Alupka. But now the government has won all cases with the proposed owners of the park land, and soon after the paperwork is completed, additional park improvements will be considered.
In Yevpatoria, the head of Crimea, Sergey Aksyonov, inspected the reconstructed embankment and the adjacent park named after DL Karaev in Yevpatoria. In addition to the development of the territory along the coast, a protective pebble beach has now been formed.
This is a long-awaited event for the residents of Evpatoria, because the embankment was closed for reconstruction in 2018. Then the work was suspended due to the fact that the contractor, having received money under the contract, did not complete the work. After signing a contract with a new contractor, the delivery date was set for December 2023, but after the storm that hit Crimea in November, the contractor extended the deadline.
The head of Crimea also announced that the 11.7 km long Yevpatoria beach and coastal zone will be completely reconstructed and landscaped within the framework of the federal project “Five Seas and Lake Baikal.”
In Feodosia, the restoration of the art gallery named after IK Aivazovsky has been completed. On March 15, the museum began to accept visitors, and on the 17th, on the occasion of the 10th anniversary of the Crimean Spring, an exhibition of a painting by AP Bogolyubov, “City by the Sea”, opened there.
On March 13, the Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church approved Metropolitan Tikhon (Shevkunov) as the rector of the future Chersonesos monastery in Sevastopol.
A month ago, Metropolitan Tikhon, at the festive liturgy of the Feast of the Presentation in Chersonesos, spoke about the restoration of the monastery on the territory of the Tauride Chersonesos museum-reserve. According to him, tourist visits to the monastery territory will be limited. However, the governor of Sevastopol, Mikhail Razvozhaev, on the contrary, promised that the entire territory of Chersonesos will remain open to tourists and residents of the city.
The monastery on the territory of ancient Chersonesos was founded in 1850. During the First Defense of Sevastopol, it was destroyed by French troops: they established trenches in this territory. After the Crimean War, the monastery was restored. In 1924, the monastery facilities were transferred to the Chersonesos Museum.
Tenth anniversary of the referendum on the return of Crimea to Russia and presidential elections
The anniversary date, important for Crimea, this time coincided with the presidential elections in the country.
In Crimea and Sevastopol it is already customary for important holidays to be celebrated modestly within the framework of a special operation. This time the same thing happened: separate ceremonial events with prizes were held for the participants of the Russian Spring.
On March 16, Russian President Vladimir Putin, in a telephone conversation, congratulated the head of Crimea Sergei Aksyonov, the speaker of the Crimean parliament Vladimir Konstantinov, the popular mayor of Sevastopol Alexei on the 10th anniversary of the reunification of Crimea with Russia Chaly and Oleg Belaventsev, who served as presidential envoy to the Crimean federal district after the reunification events.
As for the elections, they passed calmly, with the exception of one incident: on March 15, a resident of Crimea poured bright green into a ballot box at a polling station in Simferopol. The investigators of the Investigative Commission opened a criminal case for this fact.
International experts and observers from Ghana, India, Serbia, as well as experts from Indonesia and Slovakia attended the elections in Crimea. His plans included visiting polling stations in Crimea and evaluating the work of the electoral commissions. Sergei Aksyonov met them and thanked them for taking the time to travel to Crimea.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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