MOSCOW: Russian President Vladimir Putin drove a big development truck Tuesday to road take a look at the much-anticipated bridge linking southern Russia and the Crimean peninsula that Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014.
The 19-kilometer (11.Eight-mile) bridge, which took two years to construct and cost $3.6 billion is Putin's venture to turn that Crimea has joined Russia for good. Transportation hyperlinks to Crimea deteriorated after both the Ukrainian and Russian militaries arrange checkpoints into the peninsula and trains crossing the Ukrainian mainland had been canceled.
Putin traveled to southern Russia to inspect the development website and to guide the outlet rite for the bridge. After receiving a briefing from the development company, owned via his adolescence friend Arkady Rotenberg, Putin jumped into an orange Kamaz truck with two engineers to guide a number of dozen vehicles across the span.
"Let's hit the road!" he stated within the cabin earlier than using off.
Putin annexed Crimea in March 2014 following a rapidly referred to as native vote. The European Union and the United States imposed sanctions on Russia for the transfer. Only a handful of Russia's staunchest allies like Venezuela and Syria have known Crimea as part of Russia.
TV host Andrei Kondrashov, who used to be chairman of Putin's victorious re-election marketing campaign, this 12 months described the bridge as 'another reason for Russians to be proud.'
Tuesday's take a look at force took a little beneath 20 minutes and used to be covered live via Russian state tv. Reporters and cameras had been stationed at a number of spots alongside the route. One reporter hailed the bridge for example of 'heroism of the employees.'
The Ukrainian executive reacted to the outlet with anger. President Petro Poroshenko lambasted the bridge as 'yet some other piece of evidence of the Kremlin ignoring international law' and 'an attempt to legitimize the transient career of the Crimean peninsula.'
The 19-kilometer (11.Eight-mile) bridge, which took two years to construct and cost $3.6 billion is Putin's venture to turn that Crimea has joined Russia for good. Transportation hyperlinks to Crimea deteriorated after both the Ukrainian and Russian militaries arrange checkpoints into the peninsula and trains crossing the Ukrainian mainland had been canceled.
Putin traveled to southern Russia to inspect the development website and to guide the outlet rite for the bridge. After receiving a briefing from the development company, owned via his adolescence friend Arkady Rotenberg, Putin jumped into an orange Kamaz truck with two engineers to guide a number of dozen vehicles across the span.
"Let's hit the road!" he stated within the cabin earlier than using off.
Putin annexed Crimea in March 2014 following a rapidly referred to as native vote. The European Union and the United States imposed sanctions on Russia for the transfer. Only a handful of Russia's staunchest allies like Venezuela and Syria have known Crimea as part of Russia.
TV host Andrei Kondrashov, who used to be chairman of Putin's victorious re-election marketing campaign, this 12 months described the bridge as 'another reason for Russians to be proud.'
Tuesday's take a look at force took a little beneath 20 minutes and used to be covered live via Russian state tv. Reporters and cameras had been stationed at a number of spots alongside the route. One reporter hailed the bridge for example of 'heroism of the employees.'
The Ukrainian executive reacted to the outlet with anger. President Petro Poroshenko lambasted the bridge as 'yet some other piece of evidence of the Kremlin ignoring international law' and 'an attempt to legitimize the transient career of the Crimean peninsula.'
Putin opens bridge linking southern Russia with Crimea
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