bruceyg
Re, ... the toy boys are idiots. do they really think they can frighten trump?
Or Saint Putin !!
Looks like Saint Putin just made more friends
Consumer prices to fall in Crimea with new bridge link to Russian mainland – Putin
8 Jun, 2018
The newly built bridge connecting Crimea with mainland Russia will lower consumer prices on the peninsula thanks to regular traffic flow, according to Russian President Vladimir Putin...
Some prices are higher in Crimea than in the neighboring Krasnodar and Rostov regions,” Putin said during his Q&A session on Thursday. The situation will change when the Crimean Bridge is opened for trucks, the president said.
Before the bridge was built, the only connections between Crimea and the other parts of Russia were through ferry services and air traffic. This inevitably led to a spike in consumer prices on the peninsula. The 19-kilometer Crimean Bridge, the longest in Europe, was opened in May.
It begins on the Taman Peninsula, passes over a 5km dam and Tuzla Island, crosses the Kerch Strait and reaches the Crimean coast. Now, the bridge is open only for automobiles, but regular cargo traffic will open by the end of 2018.
The bridge will remain free for everyone, since there is no alternative.
“In accordance with the current law, toll roads can arise where there is an alternative, in this case there is no alternative, so the passage through the Crimean Bridge will be free," Putin said...
https://www.rt.com/business/429077-crimea-prices-bridge-putin/
We don't need your permission: Russia responds to US condemnation of Crimean Bridge
16 May, 2018 12:30
Russia will not ask for anyone's permission to build infrastructure on its territory. This was the response to the US, which condemned the opening of the Kerch Strait bridge between Russia and Crimea.
The US State Department accused Russia of flouting international law by building a bridge to
"occupied" Crimea without the permission of the government of Ukraine.
“As one could predict, Washington is not happy with that. But Crimea is Russia,” the Embassy of Russia in the USA said in the statement on Tuesday.
“We shall not ask for anybody’s permission to build transport infrastructure for the sake of the population of Russian regions.”
https://www.rt.com/business/426875-russia-needs-no-us-permission/
