While Russia, Ukraine and the European Union are trying to implement the «Minsk agreement» and the administration of the new US president is immersed in thought about the withdrawal or extension of economic sanctions against Moscow – one of the stumbling blocks in the way of the establishment of the political world – the Crimean peninsula lives his life. And this life is connected with the Russian real and Ukrainian past.
Currently, across the Kerch Strait, which separates mainland Russia from the Crimea, built an ultra-modern bridge length of almost 20 kilometers. The cost of the project – $ 4 billion. It should be noted that this project, though the largest, but not the only one. Moscow plans to invest in the development of the Crimea a lot of money from the state budget. According to Russian tradition, all government projects will sooner or later face the corruption, theft and other dark schemes. If the construction of the Crimean bridge closely watched, it’s for smaller projects on the territory of Crimea if followed, then the floor eyes. However, it may be hiding here and for Moscow that same shit that happens.
Today in power in most of the cities of Crimea are the same people who ran the peninsula and in Kiev times. All these officials have received Russian passports, had joined the party “United Russia”, but the habits they were all the same. The habit of stealing, receiving “gifts” for the decision to throw the market competitors and other Eastern European and post-Soviet stuff.
Let’s look at those people who are currently sitting in leather chairs for the new Russian region, which the Kremlin intends to infuse the whole river of money.
In Russia there is an institution of power – Court of Auditors, we have in Europe a similar agency called – European Court of Auditors, and, for example, in the US – The Government Accountability Office. In Crimea has its own Court of Auditors, which is headed by a well-known in Ukraine than in Russia – Vladimir Vladimirovich Stokowski. This character has a wide range of powers, including the verification of budgetary expenditure, the coordination of public contracts and control of tendering. Given the plans of Moscow – a position more than important. So who headed so important department? Mr. Stokowski before the annexation of Crimea in Simferopol, worked in the same position as now, and owning several companies. Stokowski‘s father in low – so good known in Ukraine official, in the opinion of the inhabitants of the Crimea, the plunderer of state property Valentin Rybalko. Mr. Rybalko has long worked with the ex-prime minister of Crimea and a crime boss Andrei Senchenko. Despite maintaining a friendly triangle Stokowski-Rybalko-Senchenko, Moscow still trusts Vladimir Stokowski …
And while he still trusted Stokowski successfully engaged in protectionism in the interests of the wealthy residents of the Crimea, which has successfully replaced a Ukrainian passport to Russia. Buddy Stokowski is a construction magnate – Vladimir Konstantinov – the owner of the building group “Console”, which has a bad reputation in the Ukraine. Konstantinov continues to build, bend under him the entire industry, including through friends in key government departments. Given what is brewing in the construction boom Konstantinov peninsula plunged into politics, already has taken over the position of Chairman of the State Council of the Republic of Crimea and joining the “United Russia”.
It protects the interests of the representatives of the “old money” godfather Vladimir Stokowski – the head of Simferopol Victor Ageev City Council. Victor Ageev – a man who has made himself. At first he worked as a driver and a former mayor of Simferopol crime boss – Ermak, later becoming his son in law. Pick up good and, most importantly, useful links, Victor Ageev fell in the head in one of the firms, Vladimir Konstantinov.
All of these characters and their Ukrainian time reputed not clear to officials hand, and now that Moscow is ready to fill up with money Crimea, can and does break away from the chains. In addition, while maintaining ties with Ukraine Stokowski, Konstantinov and Ageev strongly inhibit the work of government departments on the peninsula. What for? Question – interesting. However, the main thing here is not “why?” And “for whom?”. It turns out that in the mutual embrace of former Ukrainian Crimea and Moscow officials may be hiding a real “Pandora’s box” and a bunch of very large problems for the Kremlin…
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