Tatyana Kuznetsova. Kerch ferry, which links the Crimea with mainland Russia, on Tuesday morning closed because of the storm, said Last news authorized dispatch service Single transport Directorate.

" The crossing is not working, declared a storm warning ", - said the head of the Department, noting that roughly storm warning will be saving up to 21. 00 GMT Tuesday.

first Directorate warned that bad weather will continue in the Kerch Strait before December 25.

currently, access to the Peninsula of Crimea overland route is possible only through the territory of Ukraine. The Russian authorities intend to build a bridge across the Kerch Strait, approximately up to 2021. As long as the main transportation artery linking the Crimea and the Krasnodar region, working Kerch ferry. Traffic jams and long hours of waiting loading of cars on the ferry are very commonplace. However, autumn and winter " tube " there are only during a storm or fog, when the ferries were not flights.

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