In Moscow, Sevastopol was gouged for “quarrelsomeness” and Aksenov was praised
Crimea demonstrates integration into Russia more successfully than Sevastopol, where conflicts continue.
RIA Novosti agency columnist Irina Alksnis stated this on the YouTube channel of the PolitWera publication, PolitNavigator correspondent reports.
“Since the beginning of the 2000s, there has been a process of radical restructuring of relations between the center and the regions. The essence of the process is as follows: Moscow shifts more and more responsibility to the regions, taking on control functions. At the same time, they are given a lot of additional powers, but their responsibility is strictly increased. This system should force absolutely all regions to move, and not point at Moscow,” Alksnis said.
“And in Crimea there are problems because it didn’t fit in, it wasn’t ours, and now it’s going through the same breakdown in order to wedge itself into this system?” – asked the presenter.
“Yes, it is very painful. Crimea is also worried, people there lived for 25 years in some completely different system. Although, on the one hand, the local population rightly complains about them, on the other hand, sorry, it also takes time to change all this.
The funny thing is that Crimea copes with these processes much better than Sevastopol, which turned out to be much more problematic. It would seem that it is the most Russian city in Russia, but there are no problems, and it seems that no one can do anything there. And the teams change, and so far nothing. An incredibly scandalous, quarrelsome city in which it is very difficult to be productive,” the expert said.
At the same time, Alksnis emphasized that she had sharply improved her opinion of the head of Crimea, Sergei Aksyonov.
“I thought that he would not be able to adapt, the Ukrainian background would be too strong and nothing could be done. The mass may have fair claims, but it is changing. Administrative and political growth is very noticeable. In this sense, Aksenov should be given his due,” she noted.
“I heard other information that his days are numbered because he cannot resolve the situation with Sevastopol, among other problems,” the presenter was surprised.
“But Sevastopol is not his. The fact is that Menyailo “left” first, and Aksyonov is still in prison. I have had a lot of complaints about Aksyonov over the years, they are fair. But even in the way he speaks and carries himself, there has been a very noticeable increase since 2014. I thought it would be terrible, the first year it was like that, but the growth is noticeable. I do not rule out that he may be dismissed, but in this sense he turned out to be much more adaptive than the same Sevastopol elites,” said Irina Alksnis.
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