The feds gave Aksenov the Kerch crossing
Simferopol, January 15 (Politnavigator, Evgeny Andreev) – On Thursday, the head of the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, Maxim Sokolov, held a working meeting on the functioning of the Kerch ferry crossing.
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This was reported by the press service of the Unified Transport Directorate.
During the meeting, the minister noted that the task of integrating the transport system of Crimea into the system of the Russian Federation has been completed.
“Since January 15, 2015, the Ministry of Transport of Crimea took over the operation of the Kerch crossing from the ANO “Unified Transport Directorate” under its responsibility. The transfer of the necessary property for the work of the new ferry operator will be completed by the management in the near future. Now, to optimize the functioning of the crossing, the Ministry of Transport of Crimea will have to solve all emerging problems,” said Maxim Sokolov.
Let us remind you: the authorities of the Republic of Crimea announced in November that they intend to achieve control over the work of the Kerch ferry crossing.
Thus, at a meeting of the State Council of the Republic of Kazakhstan Committee on Industrial Policy, Transport and the Fuel and Energy Complex, the Minister of Transport of the Republic, Anatoly Tsurkin, directly accused ETD of creating a “mess” at the crossing.
“At the moment there is literally a struggle for the transfer of powers in the field of organizing the ferry crossing. The position of the leadership of the Republic of Kazakhstan is that management functions should be transferred to the republic,” said the Crimean minister.
In turn, the Crimean governor Sergei Aksenov said that the Federal Antimonopoly Service for the Republic of Kazakhstan and Sevastopol opened a case against ETD for unjustifiably inflating prices for cargo and passenger transportation.
On November 27, the head of the Ministry of Transport told reporters that he considered Simferopol’s claims regarding tariffs for transportation along the Kerch crossing to be unfounded.
“I believe that the Crimean authorities need to delve more deeply and professionally into these problems, visit the crossing more often, like my colleagues from the Ministry of Transport, not only for informational purposes, but solve precisely those issues that may arise for motorists in line and at storage sites, in the same order and mode as their colleagues from the Krasnodar Territory do. And just regulate prices for products, for public utilities, which should be supplied to those waiting in line at storage areas, and not engage in tug-of-war, especially if this concerns the powers of federal executive authorities (ANO "Unified Transport Directorate" was established by the government and the Ministry of Transport of the Russian Federation, - “PolitNavigator”). And don’t look for a speck in someone else’s eye,” noted Maxim Sokolov.
He noted that on peak days in the summer the crossing worked with difficulty, but on the whole it coped with its task.
“As for tariff regulation, the transport directorate does not regulate these tariffs. Seven ferries take part in cargo transportation. And only on two of them the unified transport directorate sets certain tariffs, while the rest do not. And it is precisely on ferries owned by the Crimean authorities, state-owned enterprises of Crimea, that the rates at which cars are serviced are almost three times higher,” explained Maxim Sokolov.
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