Aksyonov: Crimean bridge will be built, despite the risk of punishment
The bridge across the Kerch Strait, which aims to link the Crimea with mainland Russia, will be built, despite the threat of sanctions from Western countries, said the Acting head of the Crimea Sergey Aksenov correspondents.
on the first day of the week, as reported by the media, the candidate for the post of head of the EU diplomacy Federica Mogherini said that the EU is not obliged to allow the construction land transport crossing through the Kerch Strait.
" Did not hurt. We are not going to listen to this. Dogs bark, the caravan moves on. In this case, do our job, we build a land crossing. Kerch Bridge will be built, the President's decision will be implemented, " said Aksenov in response to the question, have the opportunity any danger of punishment to prevent the construction of the bridge. Acting head of the Crimean tried to convince Western politicians to stop parasite " on the current topic.
The bridge across the Kerch Strait length of about 19 kilometers must be built in 2018-2020. It will contain a four-lane road crossing and two railway tracks. The project cost may exceed 228 billion rubles. Contractor of the construction of the transport passage Assigned road service.
now to get to the Crimea with mainland Russia through Ukraine or the Kerch Strait by ferry. Zam. the head of government of the Russian Federation Dmitry Kozak had previously stated that the construction of transport crossing through the Kerch Strait is expected to start in autumn this year, a number of Russian and foreign organizations have already told about the readiness to proceed to construction of the bridge.
Relations between Russia and the West deteriorated in connection with the situation in Ukraine. After the annexation of Crimea to Russia, the U.S. and the European Union has imposed a number of restrictions on organizations, credit institutions and entire sectors of the Russian economy, as well as among them the oil industry. The last package punishment was introduced on 12 September.