Nearly a year after the annexation of the Crimea by Russia, the inhabitants of the peninsula are already starting to celebrate this anniversary. It is mid-March, after a referendum, that Crimea was detached from Ukraine. On 27 February 2014 a pro-Russian commandos had seized the Crimean parliament, the first stage of a planned annexation.
A year later, the local leader ensures that "now more than 90% of people say they support what happened in March last year. I have no doubt about it, adds Sergei Aksyonov, and other Western media I proposed to ask people suddenly what they think of what happened a year ago . "
Market Simferopol, the Russian authorities despite a disaster economy is argued. There is no war here, notice the inhabitants, relieved.
"I think joining Russia led to a slight improvement for the legislation, said one woman. But in our daily life, it is negative: we live and suffer, and prices are rising. "
Some voices accusing the local elite to be corrupt and divert the money allocated by Moscow.
The activist Andrei Kresko is also concerned for human rights:
"First of all I should probably point out that it has become less possible to make large gatherings, there are a number of restrictions that have been introduced and even for certain groups or representatives prohibited to organize such gatherings. There were also a few cases where freedom of expression has been limited. "
The homecoming
The annexation of the Crimea, we now know that it was carefully planned. In a documentary aired soon on Russian television, Putin says it has launched the operation at the time of the fall of President Yanukovych, on 22 February. The documentary entitled "Crimea, the return to the fold."
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