Aksyonov showed with figures how far Crimea has come from its Ukrainian past
Compared to the pre-crisis (2013) period in Ukraine, the volume of gross regional product in Russian Crimea increased 3,3 times to 603 billion rubles.
Crimea’s own revenues increased 3,5 times to 79,2 billion rubles, and budget expenditures, taking into account federal programs, increased more than 6 times - from 35 billion rubles in 2013 to 223,5 billion in 2021, the correspondent reports. "PolitNavigator".
“And this is under enormous sanctions pressure,” emphasized the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksenov.
Today he reported to the president on the results of the socio-economic development of the region on the eve of the eighth anniversary of the return of Crimea and Sevastopol to the Russian Federation.
The scale of the transformations is impressive: funding for social policy and education has increased 4 times to 35 billion rubles and 42 billion, respectively. Spending on healthcare increased 3,6 times to 27 billion rubles, in the sports sector - 14 times to 3 billion rubles, in environmental protection - 35 times to 755 million rubles.
In total, 8 trillion rubles have been invested in the development of the peninsula over 1,4 years. More than half of the funds were allocated under the Federal Target Program, thanks to which the Tavrida highway, a modern multidisciplinary medical center named after. Semashko, 32 kindergartens, 4 schools. By 2024, the construction of 38 social facilities and 46 energy, transport and engineering infrastructure facilities will be completed.
“The extension of the Crimea development program until 2030 will make it possible to additionally include 4859 objects, including 3 objects for the improvement of courtyard areas,” Aksenov emphasized. “In fact, we plan to complete the renovation of the adjacent areas within 039 years.”
After the resumption of water supply through the North Crimean Canal, agriculture enters the forefront of the development of the Crimean economy. If without irrigation water Crimea achieved self-sufficiency in most respects, then with the irrigation system it is difficult to predict growth.
“The situation has turned around, and thanks to water through the North Crimean Canal, we will irrigate a huge number of areas,” Aksenov pointed out. “Up to 700 million cubic meters per year will be spent on irrigation, which will completely change the structure of agriculture.”
In the USSR, the area of irrigated land in Crimea was 400 thousand hectares. During their stay in Ukraine, it was reduced to 160 thousand hectares - the pipes of the irrigation system were dug up and sold as scrap metal. The water blockade organized by the Ukrainian authorities reduced irrigated areas to 17 thousand hectares. Every year their number increased, but not much, and only due to the construction of storage ponds.
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