Is the grass greener in Crimea?

[Marusya]

Promised prosperity never arrived in Russian-held Crimea, locals say.

More than two years after Russia annexed Crimea and promised its 2 million people a better life, residents say prices have soared, wages and pensions have stagnated and tourists have fled.

Moscow is aware of Armyansk's woes. It put it on a list of more than 300 Russian towns identified as needing state-backed investment to diversify their economies. When contacted by Reuters, Crimea's economy ministry said no projects in the town had yet been developed.

Russia announced plans to invest 680 billion rubles (around $10 bln) in Crimea between now and 2020. That is on top of the billions of rubles it spends each month on pensions and payments to teachers, doctors and government employees.

Pensioners, state employees and people working in the tourist industry were expected to enjoy a significant financial uplift after annexation. Instead, the ruble has lost about half of its value against the dollar since 2014 due to lower oil prices and Western sanctions.

In May, Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev was filmed during a visit to Crimea being confronted by a woman who complained about low living standards for Crimea's half million pensioners.
"It's impossible to get by on a pension in Crimea," she said. "Prices are crazy ... What is 8,000 (rubles)? It's a paltry sum."
Medvedev's reply went viral online: "We simply have no money ... Bear up."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-uk...dChannel=11563

[Marusya]

"We joined Russia and they stopped giving a damn about us," Yevgeny, a worker at a titanium plant in the town of Armyansk told Reuters.

"People are naive. They thought that if we were part of Russia, everything would be Russian. Prices have now jumped to the Russian level, but wages have stayed the same. That's the main problem."

Fearing reprisals from his boss, Yevgeny declined to give his surname, as did other workers who spoke to Reuters.

[Dick]

"We joined Russia and they stopped giving a damn about us," Yevgeny, a worker at a titanium plant in the town of Armyansk told Reuters.

"People are naive. They thought that if we were part of Russia, everything would be Russian. Prices have now jumped to the Russian level, but wages have stayed the same. That's the main problem."

Fearing reprisals from his boss, Yevgeny declined to give his surname, as did other workers who spoke to Reuters.

You again?

[Marusya]

I cannot imagine living on such a low wage. This is outrageous.

"I can only buy food and it's hard to buy clothes," said Pavel, a technician, who said he was paid 17,000 rubles ($265) a month. That is only around half the average monthly income in Russia.

"It would be enough in Ukraine because prices were lower. I'm shocked. My wage is stuck and everything grows in price."

Three other workers who spoke to Reuters described monthly salaries ranging from just 10,000 rubles for a laboratory assistant to 21,000 for a man who runs an engineering department.

[ЛыSSый]

I cannot imagine living on such a low wage. This is outrageous.

"I can only buy food and it's hard to buy clothes," said Pavel, a technician, who said he was paid 17,000 rubles ($265) a month. That is only around half the average monthly income in Russia.

"It would be enough in Ukraine because prices were lower. I'm shocked. My wage is stuck and everything grows in price."

Three other workers who spoke to Reuters described monthly salaries ranging from just 10,000 rubles for a laboratory assistant to 21,000 for a man who runs an engineering department.

at first give to us some links about this payment. At second, even this salary is big comparing to ukraine, he has 7000 grivnas after taxes, but average salary here is about 4500 grivnas (before taxes), according to oficcial statistic from ministry of finances. And now rent is more than 2000 grivnas here.

And according this link from ministry of statistic average salary in Crimea in june 2016 was 28834 rubbles it's a 12110 grivnas.

[ЛыSSый]

Again posting male genitalia, Gypsy?

it's well known fact that gypsy shkembe likes getitales of other men.

[Marusya]

Brief video clip about how the art and culture of Crimea has been affected under Russian occupation.

[Not a Cop]

Brief video clip about how the art and culture of Crimea has been affected under Russian occupation.

Wtf, seriously, when was the last time you were to Ukraine?

[ЛыSSый]

it's like video "stolen Islamic science"
Slightly earlier in Kiev riots from Maidan captured, destroyed and plundered assets of Kyiv History Museum.

Brief video clip about how the art and culture of Crimea has been affected under Russian occupation.

[ЛыSSый]

Wtf, seriously, when was the last time you were to Ukraine?

she never was and never will here. She even don't know neither ukrainian nor a russian language. From her words she's emigrant in 3th genre with problems with cociety status and selfidentification and she's trying to compensate it in such way. Feel pity to marusya.