Despite the desire of the West to convince the world that Life in the Crimea a year after its accession to Russia " terrible ", the Peninsula can be considered a successful region most in comparison with neighbouring Ukraine, a specialist in problems of geopolitics, journalist Tony Bartalucci. "Life in the Crimea, now completely normal. And at the same time in the neighboring Ukraine, the war rages, the people of Crimea enjoyed peace, stability, a sense of unity and hope for the future.