In 2015 there will be less attention and concern for Crimea, - expert
Sevastopol, January 10 (PolitNavigator, Alexander Kononov) - The increasing economic confrontation between Russia and the West will lead to a decrease in “attention and care” in Crimea in 2015; the situation on the peninsula will increasingly depend on the efficiency of local officials.
Political scientist Semyon Uralov stated this in an interview with the newspaper “Glory of Sevastopol”.
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“Against the background of other problems, there will be less close attention and concern for Crimea,” he said, adding that “a lot will depend on the activity of local authorities.” The main thing is “to show initiative and not wait until Moscow remembers your problems,” the expert explained.
“The year will be very busy, because the processes that began in 2014 will only intensify in 2015. The first thing that will be on the macroeconomic agenda is the growing economic war of the United States and Euro-Atlantic allies against Russia and its Eurasian allies. The change of jurisdiction of Crimea and Sevastopol was one of the reasons for this war, but not the reason at all. However, Crimea, due to its position, will continue to be at the center of the conflict. This is due to the fact that it is relatively easy for Kyiv to block trade and electricity supplies to the peninsula,” Uralov said.
At the same time, he also noted that the year for Russia “will pass under the sign of curtailing speculative financial projects and relying on the federal sector of the economy - processing, production and extraction.” He advised Sevastopol to restore maritime enterprises as necessary measures, “first of all, shipbuilding and ship repair,” the expert emphasized.
“Sea ports could become a resource for development, but while there is a civil war on the territory of Ukraine, transit to the sea ports of Crimea is difficult,” the political scientist said.
“If Russia begins to intensively develop economic and infrastructure projects with Turkey, then Crimea will be able to occupy its own special niche in Eurasian integration. However, it is too early to talk about this - there is too little reformatting of South Stream,” the expert explained.
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