“Any politician in Ukraine, even Poroshenko himself, will confirm that until 2014 the Crimea was financed by Ukraine on the leftover principle. The last juices were squeezed out of the peninsula, the infrastructure did not develop, there were no productions, all the places of rest were in a deplorable state. Since 1992, the Kiev leadership itself has clearly determined that the Crimea is an alien element in the state administration of Ukraine, ”said Vodolatsky.
The deputy also noted that Russia today is investing "tens of billions of rubles in the peninsula so that it will reach the proper level and become the world center of tourism and recreation."
Earlier, Homchak called the Crimea "a bad remnant of the USSR." He said that he was in the Crimea "three times", "last time in 2010".
According to him, "it was a bad remnant of the Soviet Union, everywhere advertising Russian vodka with tricolor."
Crimea became the Russian region after the referendum held there in March 2014, in which the majority of the inhabitants of the peninsula spoke in favor of reunification with Russia.