Putin’s Bridge to Crimea May Carry More Symbolism Than Traffic
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Putin’s Bridge to Crimea May Carry More Symbolism Than Traffic
UKRAINE Dnieper River MOLDOVA Don River Sea of Azov RUSSIA ROMANIA Kerch CRIMEA Disputed Danube Kerch Strait Black Sea BULGARIA GEORGIA Bosporus Strait 200 Miles TURKEY
UKRAINE Dnieper River MOLDOVA Don River ROMANIA Kerch RUSSIA CRIMEA Disputed Kerch Strait BULGARIA Black Sea GEORGIA Bosporus Strait 200 Miles TURKEY NOV. 11, 2017
Boris Nemtsov, a politician and anticorruption crusader who was shot dead outside the Kremlin in 2015, had estimated
that 15 percent of that Olympics budget went to the Rotenbergs, Arkady and his brother Boris.
Mr. Ench said that This is the first time they can build something like this in Russia,
" Ms. Schulmann said. that It signifies in the most visible way the connection between Crimea and Russia,
that Crimea is part of Russia, connected to it by a solid bridge — that is as symbolic as it gets,
Mr. Skvortsov said that The fact that some other bridges are not being built, what can I say,
A judo partner with the president since their youth in St. Petersburg, Mr. Rotenberg was also conveniently already under Western sanctions over Crimea
because of his status as a member of Mr. Putin’s inner circle.
Every two weeks, Nikolai Ench, a retired sailor, and his wife, Olga, scale the scrublands above Kerch in their white Toyota truck
to marvel at the colossal engineering feat inching its way across the strait separating Crimea from the Russian mainland.
UKRAINE Dnieper River MOLDOVA Don River Sea of Azov RUSSIA ROMANIA Kerch CRIMEA Disputed Danube Kerch Strait Black Sea BULGARIA GEORGIA Bosporus Strait 200 Miles TURKEY
UKRAINE Dnieper River MOLDOVA Don River ROMANIA Kerch RUSSIA CRIMEA Disputed Kerch Strait BULGARIA Black Sea GEORGIA Bosporus Strait 200 Miles TURKEY NOV. 11, 2017
Boris Nemtsov, a politician and anticorruption crusader who was shot dead outside the Kremlin in 2015, had estimated
that 15 percent of that Olympics budget went to the Rotenbergs, Arkady and his brother Boris.
Mr. Ench said that This is the first time they can build something like this in Russia,
" Ms. Schulmann said. that It signifies in the most visible way the connection between Crimea and Russia,
that Crimea is part of Russia, connected to it by a solid bridge — that is as symbolic as it gets,
Mr. Skvortsov said that The fact that some other bridges are not being built, what can I say,
A judo partner with the president since their youth in St. Petersburg, Mr. Rotenberg was also conveniently already under Western sanctions over Crimea
because of his status as a member of Mr. Putin’s inner circle.
Every two weeks, Nikolai Ench, a retired sailor, and his wife, Olga, scale the scrublands above Kerch in their white Toyota truck
to marvel at the colossal engineering feat inching its way across the strait separating Crimea from the Russian mainland.